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to be told. Only then will he shape up.
Samayik in Front of the Mirror
Have you ever scolded Chandubhai in the mirror? Have
Chandubhai sit in front of a mirror and tell him, ‘You have done
a good job of printing books, giving donations to propagate this
Gnan; but you also do other things such as this and that. Why
do you do this?’ Should You not talk to yourself this way?
Instead of just Dada telling Chandubhai, if You too were to talk
to him, he will listen. He will accept it more if it comes from You!
What goes through your mind when Dada tells you things? ‘Why
does Dada tell me things when ‘the one within’ who is close to
me does not say anything?’ Therefore, You should scold
‘Chandubhai’ yourself.
You know how to see mistakes in others but you do not
know how to see even a single mistake of yours. However, You
do not have to get rid of the mistakes; You just need to scold
‘Chandubhai’ a little. You already know your, Chandulal’s,
mistakes so now You need to scold ‘Chandubhai’ gently. He is
meek and humble, but at the same time he is also very proud.
He is pride-filled (a maani) in every way. Therefore, if You
coax him and appease him a little, Your work will get done.
Now when will You practice such a scolding? You may
hire one or two people at home to do the scolding, but they will
not scold you genuinely, will they? Only genuine scolding will
bring forth a positive outcome. Fake scolding will not bring forth
results that will work. When anyone scolds you, should You not
take advantage of that? But you do not know how to arrange
for something like this!
Questioner: I would not like it if there were someone
around to scold me.
Dadashri: You do not like that. But if there were someone
to scold you all day long, then You would know how to deal