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Aptavani-9
Do you have a custom of taking things away with you in your
town?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: Then why do you fret and worry in this way?
Simply ‘see’ and ‘know’ (joovo ane jaano)! When the
Alphanso mango arrives, enjoy it at leisure. Enjoy them. There
is no problem. Turn on the fan, turn on the air conditioner, sit
peacefully and enjoy your mangos. But you cannot take them
with you and you must not worry about anything. So the whole
world is a museum where you can eat, drink and enjoy. People
do not know how to enjoy. They eat as if there is a dagger
hanging over their head (under stress). Darn your eating! The
heck with it all! If you are afraid of the dagger, before you sit
down to eat, tell the dagger, ‘fall whenever you want to. I am
sitting here to eat.’ Such is the state of everyone; they sit to
dine with the weight of a dagger hanging overhead. And you
can see it on their faces. Do you not see their castor-oil-
ingested faces?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: So eat and drink whatever you like. Enjoy
your comforts. Women are not the problem, either. Do not get
married if possible, but if you do, keep it as a worldly relation;
understand that it is a temporary state. Do not get married
thinking and believing she is yours forever. People marry as if the
relationship is going to last forever. Do they not?
Questioner: Yes they do!
Dadashri: Now, You (mahatma, the one who has taken
Gnan) get married and so do others. Others say ‘my wife, my
wife, my wife…’ whereas You understand that You are settling
the account of that file (of the wife) with equanimity, because
You have taken the Gnan. But are you able to take anything with
you even though you have claimed it as yours by saying,
‘mine…mine?’ Has anyone been able to do so?