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Aptavani-5
Dadashri: Would you take bricks of gold if they were
lying around?
Questioner: If that were the case, everyone’s mind
would be tempted.
Dadashri: People’s minds are not that steady. Their
minds are steady out of fear. Kaviraj one day tells me that the
government has to employ police to keep these unworthy
people in line and the burden of the cost for doing this falls on
the good people who have to pay taxes. There must be many
for whom there is no need to keep police security.
Obstacles Caused by Conflicts
A magistrate, who after a quarrel with his wife, is not on
speaking terms with her for two months, and yet when he goes
to court he slaps a seven year sentence on someone. Hey you!
Why do you walk around sulking with a sour face in the home?
Why don’t you settle your dispute there first?
I have never had even the slightest matbhed (difference of
opinion) with anyone. Why is that?
Questioner: If one does not say or act in a way that
creates differences, then there will be no matbhed (difference of
opinion).
Dadashri: What is matbhed? Conflict and clash. If you
are walking along and a light pole comes in your path, then you
should have an understanding for it. What would happen if you
ask the light pole, ‘who do you think you are, coming in my
way?’ If a bull comes in your way, will you tell it to move aside?
Questioner: That will not work.
Dadashri: There you should move aside. What if a snake
comes in your path?
Questioner: This world has become a world of animals.