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here and now. People will sing his praise and he will attain fame,
but what sort of subtle (sookshma) karma must he have
bound? It would be, ‘I am not the sort that would give any
money’. And the fruit of that, will come for him in his next life.
This means that in his next life, he will not be able to give a single
penny towards a donation. Now who could understand such a
subtle thing?
Questioner: Dada, is the ‘doer’ of sookshma (cause)
karma and sthool (effect) karma different?
Dadashri: Yes, the ‘doers’ are different in both cases.
These sthool (effect) karmas are ‘discharge’ karmas. Just like
a battery, once charged, wouldn’t it just go on discharging?
Even though you do not want it to, wouldn’t it continue
discharging?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: That is how the overt (sthool; effect) karmas
are ‘discharge’ karmas, and the new ones, that are being
charged internally, are subtle (sookshma; cause), which will
‘discharge’ in the next life. And in this lifetime, charged
‘batteries’ of the previous lifetime are continually discharging.
The battery of the mind, the battery of the speech and the
battery of the body are all discharging, while simultaneously new
ones are being charged from within.
When I speak, you believe that, ‘I (Dada) am speaking’,
but that is not the case. This is a ‘record’ that is playing! It is the
speech’s ‘battery’ that is discharging. I am not the one speaking.
Whereas all people say, “Just look at how well I spoke!” That is
all a wrong belief. They are merely doing ‘egoism’. Is there
anything else left once the ‘egoism’ leaves? This egoism alone is
ignorance and it is itself the illusion of the Self (Bhagwan ni
maya). This is because the ‘doer’ is someone else, and yet your
‘adjustment’ is your belief that ‘I am the doer’.