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Aptavani-9
Questioner: But if there are signs of danger, I may not
let suspicion arise but should I not take the necessary precaution
against it?
Dadashri: You cannot take precautions. You do not have
the energy or the power to take precautions. What is the point
of trying to adopt the energy you do not have?
Questioner: Do we not have the power to take
precautions?
Dadashri: Absolutely none! There is no point in believing
in the power You do not possess. There is no power to take
precaution or to do anything else in You, and besides the
precautions are taken by ‘Chandulal’ anyway. You are meddling
unnecessarily. Someone else does it and You take on the doer-
ship and that is why things get ruined.
Questioner: So if ‘Chandulal’ takes precautions, is there
not a problem?
Dadashri: He will do so for sure. He will always take
precautions. A man may be walking inattentively but if he sees
a snake, he will immediately jump aside. What is the energy that
makes him jump? Who makes him jump? Do people not jump
in this manner? There is so much natural response (sahajikata)
in this body. This ‘Chandulal’ has so much naturalness, that he
will jump the moment he sees something.
Questioner: But such naturalness does not come in our
business interactions and other worldly interactions.
Dadashri: That is because of Your meddling (dakho).
If you are going to have suspicion, then have suspicions of
all kinds, like ‘Brother, what if I die tomorrow?’ Do people not
die?
Questioner: They do.
Dadashri: So if you are going to have suspicion, then