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and mental displeasure)?
Questioner : It is when you do not like anything.
Dadashri : It is the state that one is in when he sleeps on
a bed of thorns. Do you do anything to remove it? Do you take
any medicine when this sets in?
Questioner : There is no medicine for it anywhere.
Dadashri : But you must be doing something for it?
Questioner : I just go out for a walk.
Dadashri : That is tantamount to sending back those
whom you owe. What does kantado tell you? What is nature
telling you? It is asking you to make a due payment. But you
say, “No, I will not do that”, and then you run away
unnecessarily. You are pushing away the displeasure of boredom
and fatigue (kantado). What will happen when they all collectively
come to make a demand on you? When kantado sets in, one
goes out to watch a movie. This is dealing with it in a wrong
manner. One is resorting to a contrary solution. If you remain still
when this state of displeasure of boredom and fatigue sets in,
you will be able to find out what it is and where it came from.
You will be able to look for the reasons behind it. This gives you
the opportunity to awaken the process of going towards the Self
(purusharth dharma). But