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with each other. But in many cases, I actually lost money in
these welding. I would have recovered the money had I not
done the welding. After the welding, the two would become one
and I became the outsider. But nature watches all this, does it
not? So I continued doing what I did. But I did have many bitter
experiences. I left it to nature. Had the welding not been done,
even the other person’s wife would tell him, ‘Why don’t you
return his money?’ But after the welding, the wife would not say
anything.
Did you understand this example? Would there not be
many such incidents?
To the Welder…
And what do people generally do? Once they get burnt,
they stop welding and start driving a wedge between the two.
This way at least they maintain their importance and reputation
(rof).
Many people will not cause a rift between two people but
where a rift exists, they would not help mend it either and all
because of their own self-importance (rof). There are also
people who will create rifts between people, but these are few
in numbers. Some will not help mend the rift because it works
out to their advantage. Only a few would make the mistakes I
made! But I used to patch things up everywhere, not just in
certain instances because my desire was to fix, not destroy.
Questioner: Dada this is a great science, the science of
welding.
Dadashri: Yes, it is a great science but the world does
not find it acceptable. Generally, in this world, when two people
meet, one of them will start complaining about someone and the
other person will join in.
Should one not understand what I am saying?
It happened in our family too. The one who tries to patch