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[ 10 ] Pleasure-seeking Versus Attraction Dadashri: How many‘ files’ do you have?
Questioner: I have only one‘ file,’ that of suffering( vedana).
Dadashri: Now if you were to tell that file,‘ Do not come here,’ then if that file is eight feet tall, it will return as eighty feet tall. And if you tell it to come soon, its height of eight feet will seem only two feet, and once the duration of suffering( vedana) is over, it will not stay. That which is not going to stay is called a‘ guest.’ Should you not be cordial to your guest? You have to maintain control and calmness( saiyam). What do you think?
Questioner: Yes, I agree, but I am not able to tolerate the pain( dukh).
Dadashri: Not being able to tolerate is a psychological effect. If you recite the name,‘ Dada, Dada( the lord within),’ and ask from him,‘ Give me the energies( shakti) to tolerate,’ then such energies will arise within you.
Questioner: As long there is sukh buddhi, the intellectual belief that happiness and pleasure reside in that which is gained through the five senses, it is not possible to deal with it in that manner, is it?
Dadashri: The Self does not have such an intellect( sukh buddhi). The Self I have given you does not have an iota of such intellect. It has never experienced such pleasure( sukh). The sukh buddhi belongs to the ego; it will run towards pleasure.