Aptavani-9
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Dadashri: Yes, it increases lot. Straight people are easily
deceived, but their commonsense will also increase a great deal
in the process. Someone may cheat a straight person by
charging him more money but in return his commonsense will
increase. Nothing in this world happens without an exchange of
give and take. An exchange of one kind or another will
inevitably take place.
Questioner: Commonsense is applicable everywhere,
right? So then, how does one get cheated?
Dadashri: A person gets cheated because of his
straightness and lack of excess intellect. He may not get cheated
often but he will get cheated one or two times. However, his
commonsense will blossom when he gets cheated. He will
realize that he gets cheated in certain circumstances and so his
commonsense will continue to increase.
Solution with commonsense
Commonsense is a tremendous thing. One man went to
his boss and started to say all kinds of things to him. Because
the boss had commonsense, he was not affected at all. So we
can see a practical application of commonsense here. Any other
person will get discouraged and get very depressed. But I did
not see any depression in this boss. I was observing him to see
whether he would become depressed or not. Despite all the
insults, he did not get depressed at all.
So what do I tell everyone? Solve all your problems with
commonsense. No matter what the other person says, it is all
dependant upon that person’s mind. And it is only because of
your own punya (merit karma) (!) that he speaks that way to
you! No one will say anything to you without your punya(!)
Selfishness prevents full commonsense
Questioner: A person with commonsense may not get
affected but can he become instrumental (nimit) in causing hurt
to someone else?