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non-communicative) face if someone tells him, ‘You do not have
any sense.’ Hey! Do you not have commonsense? Why do you
have a sulking face just because someone tells you this? You
think to yourself ‘I have a lot of sense’, don’t you? Just look at
you! You are nothing but a ‘sack of sense’! No one will give you
a dime for your ‘sack of commonsense’ and yet you needlessly
fret over this. A sensible man will adjust everywhere. There is
a shortage of commonsense in the current time cycle.
Have they defined ‘commonsense’ properly? Is this an
old meaning or a new one?
Questioner: Original, it is a new meaning.
Dadashri: It is original, is it not? Has anyone defined it
before? People get excited when I tell them that the meaning of
commonsense is that it is applicable everywhere, theoretically as
well as practically. They tell me that I have defined it very nicely.
So I tell them, ‘this verily is the sign of my failing matriculation!’
The Yard stick of commonsense
You have a degree of C.A. (Chartered Accountant) but
you still have roles to play. You will have to act accordingly; the
roles of a C.A., then the role of a husband to your wife; will you
not have to know all that? Otherwise, your wife will give you
trouble. Is that not so, because you do not know how to deal
with her? She would not give you any trouble if you did. And
your wife has not come to give you trouble; she has come to
make a home for you. But when one of you falls short in your
role, the other party will start to nag; the nagging will start. Yes,
it is because you do not have the know-how!
What do young women say when I ask them for their
opinions about the young men of today? They tell me, “They are
stupid.” Is that not something to be ashamed of, when they say
this?
It is natural for a ten-year old girl to have the maturity and
worldly knowledge a fifteen-year-old boy would have. She may