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life. Any man who has suspicions about anything or anyone,
whether it is his wife, father, mother, brother or uncle; that man
is as good as dead. How can a man who has suspicions about
everything, live? The entire world is suspicious about the Soul
and in this regards there is no death. But the one, who has
suspicions in his worldly life, will die; he is dead for sure. Such
a man will not trust anyone; he will continue to have suspicions.
He would like to give goods on credit but keeps having
suspicion about the borrower, such a man is dead for sure.
When a young girl goes to college, her father will have
suspicions about what she must be doing now that she is a
grown woman. He will wonder about who her friends are. He
will have such suspicions. So is he not dead?
Suspicion is of no use whatsoever. If a man goes out with
a knife with the intention of attacking someone, he does not have
any doubts about his actions and that is why he can do that. And
the victim too will die only because he did not suspect anything.
Nevertheless, they die only once whereas a person with
suspicions is dying constantly.
Suspicion and inquisitiveness
Questioner: What is the difference between suspicion
(shanka) and inquisitiveness (jignasa)?
Dadashri: Suspicion and inquisitiveness have nothing in
common. They are not of the same family; there is no
relationship whatsoever between the two.
Questioner: When scientists do research, they proceed
with uncertainty and suspicion.
Dadashri: There is not a single scientist who would
indulge in doubt and suspicion for more than a minute, otherwise
that science would collapse and cease. Suspicion is like suicide.
Those who want to be suspicious can do so.
Questioner: Scientists do not accept anything without