Aptavani-9
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Dadashri: Yes vairagya will increase tremendously but
what will happen if you start to dislike (abhaav) the other
person? What happens if the ego arises, ‘I tried to help those
people but look how they turned out!’ So what will happen if
you start to detest (abhaav) them?
Questioner: That is another hole. Instead of this hole,
that is another hole.
Dadashri: One will dig another hole. ‘We’ did not fall in
that hole despite the big ego. ‘We’ did not have any negative
feelings towards anyone, even while experiencing difficulties.
Insight of welding from the beginning
Questioner: How did you weld? How did you not let
difficulties bother you and still manage to keep your ego from
arising while ‘welding’?
Dadashri: It must be that kind of ego.
Questioner: How can we do the same, now that we
have Gnan?
Dadashri: You will be able to do that when you decide
ahead of time ‘I want to take a beating in the process.’ Either
way, the beating is inevitable. Who does not suffer in this world?
So, why not suffer in the right way?
Questioner: That is true. Otherwise, we take a beating
and we also ruin things in regards to the progress towards the
Self.
Dadashri: No. Now the inner suffering has stopped and
you have to take the beatings, whereas previously you had to
take the beatings as well as endure internal suffering. As long as
there is a body, the suffering will be there. After becoming a
Gnani, ‘we’ have not had to suffer. After Gnan, ‘we’ can see
whose karma is bearing the fruit and how it came about. ‘We’
must have had a part in it, which is why ‘we’ have to suffer the