Aptavani-5
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Dadashri: That is not faith (shraddha); that is trust
(vishvas). There can be difficulties in trust, but not in faith.
Questioner: That has happened to me.
Dadashri: Faith and trust are two different things. Faith
is dependent upon belief. Where there is trust, there can also be
breach of trust.
This whole world runs on the basis of belief. But why is
there misery in this world? It is because one has the wrong
belief. There would not be any pain or misery at all if one had
the right belief. Every living being exists solely on beliefs.
Except for humans, all other living things are dependent
(aashrit). The celestial beings, the animals, etc., all have
dependency; humans alone are independent, or without support
(niraashrit).
Questioner: How are humans independent and how are
celestials dependent?
Dadashri: Humans alone are independent. Except for
humans, no other living being, not even the celestials have the
belief, ‘I am the doer’, and when one becomes the doer, one’s
dependency on God goes away. What does God say? ‘If you
are going to be the doer, then you are free and so am I.’ So then
what do you, and God have to do with each other? When you
get tired and frustrated, you sit in front of Lord Mahavir’s idol
or Lord Krishna’s idol and cry. Then no one will accept you as
his dependent.
You only have support, dependence (aashrit), when your
wrong belief, ‘I am the doer’, goes away. But that wrong belief
is not likely to go away, is it?
Questioner: ‘Dada’ will make it go away, will He not?
Dadashri: He will do it for those who want to get rid of
it. How can He do it for those who do not want to get rid of