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out to help. It is always‘ our’ deepest intent of‘ our’ life to never hurt anything, even if it interferes with‘ our’ plans. If‘ we’ plant a tree and later in planning for a road, that tree becomes an obstruction, even then‘ we’ will not cut it down. We have no choice but turn the direction of the road.‘ We’ will never uproot a tree that‘ we’ have planted, nurtured and watered.‘ We’ just have to circumvent that situation. All‘ we’ have to do is change‘ our’ plans.
This has been‘ our’ practice from the very beginning; anything sown with‘ our’ own hands will never be removed by the same hands.‘ We’ meet all kinds of human beings, do‘ we’ not?
One has endless suspicions. The world is such that there is suspicion every step of the way. A man becomes suspicious even if you accidentally put your hand on his wife. This will lead to endless quarrels at home even if the poor lady is innocent. Now how can you deal with such people? Therefore, should anyone’ s arm fall upon your wife, you should remove that suspicion. How can you destroy suspicion? You can destroy suspicion through the suspicion-less state( nihshankpanu). Tell people that your suspicion went away through Dada’ s state of nihshankpanu.
Instead of being suspicious … Suspicion is the gravest disease in this world.
Questioner: This is a great sentence of yours:‘ This world is not worth becoming suspicious about.’
Dadashri: This world exists on suspicion; suspicion and vengeance. There are certain words, which perpetuate the worldly life; they keep people in bondage life after life. It is better to slap someone than to be suspicious about him. The consequences of a slap is realized when he slaps you back, but the consequences of your suspicions will be such that you dig a