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that which perpetuate worldly troubles whole nightlong. So how
can they even think about the Self? Can one have thoughts
about the Self in his private bedroom?
I asked one person, ‘What is your meditation (dhyan)
before you go to sleep?’ He replied, ‘It is ten thirty now so
should I not go to sleep?’ Hey you!! You are going to sleep
without earning anything? ‘Tell me what you earned today?’ I
asked him and he replied, ‘At least I do something, she does not
do anything.’ I asked her and she proceeded to tell me, ‘He
does not do anything either.’ This is how people talk.
Questioner: Yes, that is how people look at things rather
than looking at themselves.
Dadashri: All this is nothing but deceit!
The entire world lives in suspicion without exception.
Their suspicions never ventures into ‘what is the Soul?’ They
have uncertainties about, ‘I wonder if the Soul is like this? Or
maybe it is like that?’ Uncertainty always remains and that gives
rise to all kinds of suspicions and more suspicions.
That is when suspicions and uncertainties go
away
Questioner: I am not saying that I have become free
from suspicions, but suspicion does not arise within.
Dadashri: Yes, they may not arise, that is a different
matter. You will feel that way for a certain period of time. Then
when difficulties come, suspicions will arise again. Does anything
ever remain the same? Just as day and night keep changing, time
keeps changing, circumstances will constantly change.
Therefore when will man’s suspicions leave? They will
leave when he becomes vitarag (free from all attachments) and
nirbhay (fearless). Otherwise, suspicions will not leave. As long
as there is peace, it will appear to be comforting and easy.
When external problems arise, turmoil and restlessness begins.