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suspicions. Any kind of thoughts may come but are we not the
Purush (the Soul; the Self)? Man will die if he is not a Purush.
Having become a Purush (attained the Self), how can you have
suspicion in your purusharth? How can you have suspicion
about your own Self? Why should you have any fear after
becoming the Purush? For you the state of swa-purusharth and
swa-parakram have arisen, i.e. for you, you have come into
your own domain as the Soul; you are the ‘Knower’ and the
‘Observer’ and your energies of the Self have arisen, so why
fear anything?
Questioner: Do we have to maintain fearlessness or
does this state automatically remain?
Dadashri: You have to maintain it. Even if you do not
think about the possibility of an accident, is it going to stop from
occurring if it was meant to? And what about the person who
thinks about it? It will occur for him too. But a person who sits
in the car without having such thoughts is what we call fearless.
Such people are likely to get less injured and will come out of
the situation with minor injuries.
After sitting in a train, does a suspicion of ‘two days ago
there was a train accident, what if that happens today?’ arise?
Why does such suspicion not arise? Therefore do not have any
suspicion in any work that you have to do and if you have
suspicion, then do not attempt that work. Do either this or that.
How can we accept such things? To anyone who talks this way
with suspicion, tell him, ‘Not here, go home.’ We need talks of
fearlessness (shooraatan) here.
You want to go home and if someone keeps saying,
‘What happens if we have an accident on our way home?’ Then
what will become of everyone’s minds? Do not allow such talks.
Why should you have such suspicions?
If you are walking along a beach and someone says,
‘what if a huge wave comes and washes us away?’ Someone