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132 Aptavani-9 Questioner: Should we not show our opposition towards the suspicion? Dadashri: You don’t have to do anything! The adjustments will be taken on their own. You just have to keep observing, ‘Oh ho! Chandulal has suspicion.’ When suspicion arises, he is always in serious torment (santaap). He is in tremendous misery. The Lord has said that suspicion is the biggest mistake that gives instant misery. That suspicion will give misery to the other person whenever it will, but before it does, it will cause tremendous misery to the one having suspicion. By retaliating (pratibhav), the pain of suspicion will increase. Questioner: So do we have to remain separate with awareness at the time of suspicion? Dadashri: You have to remain separate at that time but also you have to remain separate all other times too. Try to remain separate for one day; try to do it one day out of the week. Then you will realize that there is nothing to it if you have to do it the next day. You will not fall. Questioner: The problem is not with the falling; it is with the entanglements it creates. Dadashri: The entanglement is due to your prior practices and habits and that is why it does not go away. It does not leave. But there is no need for suspicion now. Questioner: Does suspicion get destroyed when I remain separate? Dadashri: Yes, suspicion dissipates on its own. Questioner: So from now on all that is needed is for us to maintain this awakened awareness (jagruti after Gnan). Dadashri: The ‘seer’ (jonaar) is always aware. If one is a ‘seer’ then he is jagrut (awake). One is knower-seer (gnata- drashta) only when he is aware or awake. Otherwise, the