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human being is the biggest crime and yet people do this, don’t
they? A noble human being will cover up anything negative he
hears about anyone. If someone says things in the heat of the
moment, you should cover it up.
‘Welding’: Settling disputes and reuniting
Even before ‘we’ attained Gnan, I would not listen to
talks that created a wedge between people. On the contrary, I
would help mend other people’s break up; I would do the
‘welding’ for them, but I encountered many difficulties when I
tried to patch things up because I did not have Gnan.
Questioner: You say that you had many difficulties when
you helped people reunite because of absence of Gnan, how is
that?
Dadashri: I met with many obstacles. From a very young
age, my nature was to ‘weld’ relationships. I would ‘weld’
wherever there were disputes. ‘Welding’ is the greatest attribute
a person can have. No one will object to it, will they? I had lot
of difficulties while welding but I still persisted.
Questioner: Did it ever occur to you that in trying to
weld people together, one of them did not appreciate it?
Dadashri: No it was not like that. I made sure that both
the parties were in agreement with my welding. The welding
would not occur if it were not acceptable to both the parties.
Welding is a special energy (siddhi). I would bring both the ends
(people) together and then I would weld. But I subjected myself
to a lot of harm in the process. Every time there was nothing but
harm to me.
Questioner: In what way? Can you give us an example?
Dadashri: If two brothers had been fighting constantly,
what would I do? I would do the welding for both of them.
Now how long would my friendship be valuable to them? They
both would value my friendship as long as they were fighting