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being destroyed and in its place a new one is taking hold.
Otherwise, you would not hear anything about moksha now.
As this movement develops, people will put away their
old books and they will eventually become waste paper. They
will be needed till the new path is established. Now will come
people who will understand the Gita and the Vedas. The
development is taking place. The English have been instrumental
in this process; they have been instrumental in a very positive
movement.
Questioner : Were they instrumental in spreading
knowledge?
Dadashri : No, not knowledge. But they brought
normality to the ‘abnormality’ that had taken over in India. Our
people claimed that the English had come to destroy our culture
and religion. It is because the English destroyed our culture and
religion that normality is being restored in India! Our people
used to say, “These English are going to destroy our religion and
our culture; they will destroy us completely!” No! On the
contrary they lightened the burden. We had reached a peak of
85 degrees of abnormality, with 50 degrees being a normal level.
They came and taught and influenced people into drinking
alcohol, eating meat and becoming more fashion conscious and
materialistic, and in doing so people forgot their evil ways. Their
contemptuous attitude was broken as a result. This was one
very good thing the British did!
Spiritual revolution in India
When the British came to India, they brought with them,
their language and its parmanus (subatomic particles). Each
language (bhasha) always carries with it, its parmanus. These
parmanus with reference to the British were punctuality, order,
discipline etc. So all these traits started everything afresh. The
Indians had become extremely selfish; they were only concerned
about their own. If someone else’s home were on fire, they