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Aptavani-6
all nothing but fruition of karma.
Karmas unfold and they go off like fireworks! No one is
a relation and no one is a beloved here! So where is the ground
for any doubts or suspicion here? ‘You’ are a pure Soul
(Shuddhatma), and this ‘neighbor,’ the body, is the only one
that is going to hurt you and bring you pain and suffering. And
your children are your ‘neighbor’s’ children. Why should ‘we’
quarrel with them? And when the neighbor’s children do not
listen and you try to say something to them, they will say, ‘How
can we be your children? We are ‘Shuddhatma’!’ No one
cares about anyone else!
Questioner: If we look at the bottom line, then everyone
has come to collect on their karmic debts. All we should be
concerned about when we are settling these karmic debts is
whether we are doing so with equanimity or not.
Dadashri: When they are settled with equanimity, salvation
is yours.
Questioner: You graced me when I was misbehaving
and being awkward and difficult. But this much is for sure:
everything has been cleansed.
Dadashri: It was more than enough that you stuck to
Dada the way you did. One day, you will understand the bottom
line that this was correct.
Questioner: You know, Dada, not one day! From this
day onwards! Who knows if tomorrow will even come?
Therefore, grant me such energies that I can deal with whatever
few remaining karmas there are and that the intellect does not
take off on the wrong path.
Dadashri: When you come here for an hour at a time,
it will begin to dissolve slowly and eventually will come to an
end.