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solution for it.
Dadashri: You should ask me and then do as I tell you.
This is the only solution! Never take on the suffering by saying,
‘I am hurting’. If someone were to ask you, ‘What is the matter
with you?’ you should say, ‘My neighbor has a headache and
I am aware of that’. You are convinced that ‘this’ is Your
neighbor (Chandubhai), are You (the Self) not?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Then why all the suffering of the pain? If the
neighbor is crying, do You have to cry along with him? Conflicts
are inevitable with the neighbors. Besides, who does not have
conflicts with his wife? Why should You cry when You are not
even married? Only the married cry. You are not married, nor
are You widowed! Why should You cry? On the contrary, You
should try to pacify the neighbor by saying, ‘Dear fellow, don’t
cry. Don’t worry. I am with you, so don’t cry and don’t worry.’
This is what You should say.
Torments from the Prakruti
The Vanik prakruti is such that it becomes afraid even
before problems arise. You have to tell ‘Chandubhai’, ‘Nothing
is going to happen to you.’ If you see a person that cannot walk
you may have a thought, ‘what if that happens to me too?’
When such thoughts occur just say, ‘Chandubhai, nothing is
going to happen, I am sitting here.’ You say this to remain
separate from ‘Chandubhai’. This is a science. The moment you
say, ‘it happened to me’, you become possessed by the ghost
of fear. This is why the world has become ‘possessed’ by the
ghosts.
You are a Parmatma (the absolute Supreme Self), so
why should You have all this? Have you experienced even a little
bit of the energy and power (shakti) of the Parmatma? Have
you become aware that You are a Parmatma and that the