Aptavani-5
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break. Be ready to go bankrupt. Now that You have this path
to moksha in your hand you will have to show courage. If ticks
get in to the clothes, should you throw out your clothes
altogether? You simply have to pick off the ticks.
If someone uses hurtful words towards you, are you able
to tolerate it?
Questioner: He is far away so it does not hurt as much.
Dadashri: Ordinarily what is the nature of human beings?
They tolerate the physical suffering but they cannot tolerate
harsh words. They have a belief that everything sticks to them.
In fact, it is not as close as you think. There is only a touch
(sparsha). There is simply a touch between the Self and the
non-Self (the physical body complex, pudgal); they have never
been or become one. The attribute (guna) of the Self is such
that the moment one says anything, one immediately feels the
effect of what he says. Therefore, you have to use the qualities
of a Kshatriya. You have to remain in contact with Me for some
time.
What is the nature of the Self (Atma)? It instantly
becomes that which it envisions (chintavey). If it envisions
unhappiness, it becomes unhappy and if it envisions being
happy, then it becomes happy. Therefore, one has to be very
aware that he does not do any chintavan such as, ‘my head is
hurting.’
Questioner: Such envisioning (chintavan) does not
happen but the atmosphere gets ruined.
Dadashri: The atmosphere may change but You cannot
say, ‘my head is hurting’. You have to say, ‘Chandubhai has a
headache.’
People are unnecessarily afraid. One man could not take
a bitter medicine. So as he was watching, I leisurely ate some
bitter medicine as if I was having tea and snacks. That man