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the awareness of kevalgnan and from that point onwards, it
becomes kalyankari (ultimate benefit towards salvation).
Do not allow the inner machinery to slack off. You have
to keep an eye on where the wear and tear occurs and what
happens to it; with whom you used harsh words? There is
nothing wrong with saying them, but you have to keep ‘seeing’:
‘Wow! ‘Chandubhai’ spoke harshly!’
Questioner: But wouldn’t it be better to stay quiet as
much as possible?
Dadashri: It is no longer in Your hands, whether to speak
or not. You are a general manager, so you will immediately
understand when I explain things to you.
The Science of Charge and Discharge of Karma
What is considered a ‘discharge’? Say there is a motor,
which runs when you wind it up. The winding is equivalent to
‘charging’. Then when you leave it to ‘discharge’, would it be
under your control?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: It is not under our control after that. It will
unwind only as much as you wound it. If you wound it only half
way it will go only half the way, if it is wound a quarter of the
way, it will only go quarter of the way, and if you gave it a full
turn, it will unwind fully. You will not be able to stop it. That is
called ‘discharge’. The speech is being discharged in the same
way. Three ‘batteries’ are being discharged; the batteries of the
speech, the conduct and the mind. Even thoughts, whether you
wish them too or not, continue to ‘discharge’. They go on
discharging whether they are good thoughts or bad. As these
three ‘batteries’ discharge on one end, simultaneously three new
ones are being ‘charged’ at the other end: a new mind is
forming, and new speech is being ‘recorded’. As long as a