178 Aptavani-2
If a villager comes to me and‘ we’ tell him,“ Speak the truth. Do not steal. Be kind. Don’ t do anything wrong”, he will listen and then put it all aside. But if‘ we’ tell him one thing,“ My brother, do not create any entanglements,” he would ask what‘ we’ mean by entanglement and‘ we’ would explain,“ If you see a fruit you like growing in your neighbor’ s farm and you take it without asking anyone, then that is an entanglement( goonch). Do you understand?” He will then tell me,“ Yes, now I understand what entanglement is. I will not create such entanglements from now on. I have created many such entanglements before.”
He will then bring his wife to me and‘ we’ will explain to her also, what an entanglement is. When the wife says,“ Dada, he creates a lot of entanglements( gooncho) with me,”‘ we’ will make her understand the exact nature of entanglements. Thereafter, whenever a circumstance for entanglement arises, they are bound to remember Dada and no more entanglements will ensue.‘ We’ tell them not to create any more entanglements and if they do, they must do pratikraman. They will understand the word‘ entanglement’; they are tired of hearing the words,‘ truth’,‘ compassion’‘ do not steal.’
‘ We’ can explain the worldly religion( laukik dharma) in no time, but the religion of the Self( alaukik dharma) takes time.
Questioner: What can I do about the entanglements that have occurred and are not being solved?
Dadashri: Time entangles and time disentangles, but whose mistakes and entanglements are these? You caused the entanglement but when the time comes, the mistake will disentangle on its own. You are sitting with the One who has no entanglements at all, and therefore it is possible for all your entanglements to be disentangled too! But your entanglements will increase if you sit with someone who is filled with entanglements. That is a natural law. The entanglements that