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mechanical intellect verily is causing it to be above normal. The
use of the external intellect (worldly use of intellect) should be
limited to the point of necessity. This should be the basis for
using the intellect. For example, it becomes harmful when one
uses it excessively, in instances where one keeps questioning
everything like ‘why is it like this?’ and ‘what is that all about?’
when it is not pertinent to one’s needs.
Questioner: Is it not necessary for man to protect
himself?
Dadashri: They all do that, do they not! No one dies
deliberately.
Questioner: Does man not need the atom bomb to
protect himself?
Dadashri: These are unnecessary problems, which have
been created. There are foreign countries with such developments.
They even have telephone facilities every sixty-eight miles on
highways. Then people question what they should do if they get
a flat tire a few miles away from the next phone! So they want
phones there too so that they do not have to walk.
Questioner: So, do they want more facilities than the
ones they already have?
Dadashri: They have turned facilities into difficulties. It
became a difficulty when things went beyond the norm.
Questioner: When a man uses his intellect (buddhi) to
protect himself it is considered normal, is it not? Is building an
atom bomb not for protection?
Dadashri: That is not called protection. What happens if
the other person makes a bomb too? How much fear will that
create? This is all done to intimidate others. There is no need for
resorting to protection in this manner. Nature is protecting in its
own way. There is no need for causing unnecessary problems.