Aptavani-9
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Commonsense avoids conflicts
Questioner: If a person had commonsense, would he not
find solutions to everything?
Dadashri: He would solve all kinds of problems; he
would solve all worldly entanglements.
Questioner: Does he have any conflicts?
Dadashri: There will be less conflict. Commonsense
reduces conflicts.
Questioner: Does that mean where there is conflicts,
there is no commonsense?
Dadashri: Not like that, but there is less commonsense
there.
Questioner: But who, with the exception of a Gnani, can
stay away from conflicts?
Dadashri: There will not be any conflict where there is
commonsense. A man with commonsense will fix relationships
immediately; even when something goes wrong he will turn
things around. It will not take him long to do so. That is
commonsense. It is “everywhere applicable”.
Questioner: But is commonsense not pushed aside
whenever attachment or abhorrence occurs?
Dadashri: Commonsense is a matter of experience. It
has nothing to do with attachment or abhorrence. Commonsense
is the net experience of the worldly life.
How to stop swachhand (to act according to
one’s own will and intellect)
Questioner: Is insight (sooj) helpful in making decisions
about worldly affairs?
Dadashri: Yes, insight (sooj) is helpful. Where can a
person get such insight if he does not have it? In that case he