Aptavani-6
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The whole world is immersed in conflict (gharshan) and
reaction to conflict (sangharshan). On the day of Diwali, the
festival of lights, everyone decides they do not want any conflict
for that day. Everyone wears good clothes and gets wonderful
food to eat; everything is good that day. Wherever you go,
people welcome you in their homes; such is the love they show.
Love will be present if there is no sangharshan. There is no
need to look at right or wrong. Worldly intellect (buddhi) will
definitely be useful in worldly interactions, and it is already adjusted
to be that way; it is the extra and excessive buddhi that causes
a reaction to conflicts (sangharshan).
Questioner: Is the cause of all conflicts the vast difference
between one karmic layer and another layer?
Dadashri: Conflict is really a progression! The more
trouble one goes through, the more conflict he experiences, and
the more he finds a way to go higher. Without conflict, he will
remain where he is. People are looking for conflict.
Questioner: Can one progress if he goes around looking
for conflict, believing conflict is necessary for progress?
Dadashri: But one does not look for it with such an
understanding. God is not the one taking you higher; conflict is.
Conflict can take one higher to a certain level; thereafter, his
work will only be completed when he meets a Gnani. Conflict
occurs naturally, just like the riverbed stones that become smooth
through collision in the river.
Questioner: What is the difference between conflict
(gharshan) and reaction to conflict (sangharshan)?
Dadashri: When non-living things, inanimate objects,
collide, it is called gharshan and when living beings collide, it is
called sangharshan.
Questioner: Does sangharshan obstruct and suffocate
the energy of the Self?