Aptavani-9
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Questioner: So this interference occurs only if there is
excessive intellect?
Dadashri: It is verily the excessive buddhi (intellect) that
causes interference. This is because intellect of this era of the
current time cycle is of the wrong kind (viparit). It is a
misleading intellect (vyabhicharini buddhi) and therefore it
subjects the doer to repeated beatings and suffering.
Questioner: So one with the necessary amount of
intellect will not have unnecessary thoughts?
Dadashri: Yes. There are many people in India with a
necessary amount of buddhi who do not have any other
thoughts. Those laden with extra intellect (akkal) have more
thoughts; they have excess unnecessary intellect, they think
more, they suffer more. Therefore, when a person has to suffer
real misery he will begin to have suspicions.
Suspicion is constant death
Questioner: It is written in the Gita: “Sanshay-atma
vinashyati”, meaning when one begins to have suspicion; one
self-destructs. So is that suspicion referring to the soul or
something else?
Dadashri: Everyone is prone to suspicion. There is not a
single person who does not have suspicion at some time or
other. But some people do not have vishvas (trust) i.e. they do
not trust anything in the world. They will continue to be
suspicious about everything and that kills them; such people are
‘dead’ anyway!
Questioner: Are we talking about suspicion in the
worldly life or in matters related to the Self (nischaya)? Which
suspicion are we talking about?
Dadashri: The whole world has suspicion (uncertainty) in
matters of the Soul (nischaya). That happens as a rule. Lord
Krishna has said, “sanshay-atma vinashyati,” for the worldly