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ease. However, an ‘expert’ may get cheated; he too would get
cheated.
Questioner: The one with commonsense will not become
entangled (confused in the task), will he?
Dadashri: He will not become entangled, but he may
allow himself to be deceived (taken advantage of). He may
allow himself to be cheated in order to get himself out of a trap
or a situation of entanglement. These lawyers are all experts.
There are all kinds of experts. They are experts in their own
field, but they also get cheated. The more trusting one is, the
more his commonsense blooms and expresses. The more he
allows himself to be deceived, the more the commonsense
expresses; selflessness also increases.
Questioner: You also say that the one with commonsense
never gets confused and entangled. Then why would he get
deceived?
Dadashri: He will not get confused or entangled once his
commonsense has expressed; once it has blossomed. But he is
bound to become entangled as it is developing, is he not? Also
in the process of gaining the experience of commonsense, one
is likely to be deceived, is he not? His commonsense increases
as a result of being cheated by others.
Questioner: Now when he assesses the situation
(taaran), and searches for his own fault, he is only able to see
his gross, overt (sthool) mistakes, is he not?
Dadashri: No, no. He is not able to see the gross
mistakes, but he gains a lot of experience and knowledge of the
types and nature of people who deceive him.
Questioner: Should the one with commonsense not have
a good study of the prakruti (nature or characteristics) of the
other person?
Dadashri: He has that for sure. That is called