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stomach, or does thirst also arise (‘becomes alight’)?
Questioner: Thirst also arises.
Dadashri: Therefore, thirst too arises (‘becomes alight’),
does it not? Is it put out when you add water to it?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Fatigue also arises (‘becomes alight’)?
Questioner: Yes, fatigue also arises (‘becomes alight’).
Dadashri: When fatigue arises (‘becomes alight’), ‘it’
takes a rest of an hour; does sleep arise (‘becomes alight’)?
Questioner: Yes, it arises (‘becomes alight’).
Dadashri: So all this arises (‘becomes alight’).
Therefore the Lord has said that this human life is meant
for putting out all that ‘becomes alight’. Whereas one may ask,
‘Lord, I have put out all that was on fire, what else do I have
to do?’ the Lord says, ‘Keep taking my name and make
preparations to be liberated.’ Having been people with nobility,
in mind, speech and acts (arya praja), you are all worthy of
liberation.
I told one man, ‘people in your neighborhood are very
honest and honorable, so there must not be any stealing in that
street’. He told me, ‘If we got rid of the police substation from
there, then we would see what would happen. Then people
there would not leave behind even the water jugs that are sitting
in the toilets!’ So it is just like you said, it is fear that prevents
people from stealing and wrongdoing. There would be no
problem if there was no fear at all, would there be?
Questioner: Then there would be no problem.
Dadashri: Would you steal something that you like?
Questioner: I would get the things I like.