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Questioner: Yes, they do.
Dadashri: Do they fret all night long as to, ‘Why did he
get that and I got this?’ No, they don’t. Why are they content
with what they have? It is because their buddhi’s ashaya is, ‘I
only feel comfortable in my home and in my own bed.’ Then it
does not even matter if it is just a hut. You may comment on
how his bed sags but he will tell you, ‘I can fall asleep only in
this bed; I cannot sleep in a bungalow.’ If you were to feed
gourmet meals every day to a person living in primitive areas, he
will not be satisfied. He will feel trapped there and will run away
after a few days.
Many people wear expensive clothes even when they
cannot afford them, and many, despite being very rich, wear
worn out clothes…that is buddhi’s ashaya.
A child will like only his father and mother even if they
treat him badly. The father may not be on talking terms with his
son all his life, but when he dies, he leaves everything to his son
in his will. He leaves everything to his son even though his nephew
took care of him all along. That is called buddhi’s ashaya.
Even Dada’s son and daughter died in their infancy. His
buddhi’s ashaya was, ‘Why such hassle…why such bother?’ If
a person has in his ashaya, ‘I will not work for anyone,’ he will
not have to work under anyone. Therefore, everything happens
according to buddhi’s ashaya.
Questioner: So whatever the worldly interaction, whatever
the worldly evidence (nimit), living or non -living, whatever
circumstances that come together, is the ashaya working behind
all that?
Dadashri: Nothing comes together without buddhi’s
ashaya.
Questioner: Now is buddhi’s ashaya the result of the