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Questioner: No, no one has so far.
Dadashri: So if there is no allowance and agreement of
taking anything with you, then why this unnecessary hassle? So
do not take anything from this ‘museum of the world’ even if you
like it a lot. If you do, you will have to suffer the consequences.
But instead people put things in their pockets and they try to
sneak out from the other side. Then they have to face the
consequences of their actions when they are caught in their next
life. So do not take anything; enjoy everything but do not make
it ‘mine’. Can you say ‘this is mine’ to anything in the museum?
What do you think?
Questioner: That is true.
Dadashri: Wherever there is quarrel, there verily is my-
ness within (mamata). There is no quarrel with anyone on the
outside. Then he will say, ‘my wife is no good.’ You fool, why
do you say, ‘my’? He still does not let go of his ‘my-ness’. He
would not let go of that, would he?
Questioner: These words ‘my’ and ‘no-good’ are
being used at the same time; such a thought never occurs to
anyone!
Dadashri: Yes, he will even say, ‘my wife is no good.
She is worth divorcing.’ Spoken words have an effect. Every
spoken word will have an effect. The effect of, ‘She is not mine’
remains and the effect of ‘she is mine,’ remains.
Saying, ‘mine’ makes it stick; saying ‘not
mine’ makes it leave
A friend of ours was married for ten years and then his
wife died leaving behind three young children. He used to cry
and so I had gone to console him, as did many others. I asked
him, ‘Why are you crying? What is the point of it now?’ he told
me, ‘But what about these three children? I am lost without her.’
I asked him, ‘but what will you do? Is she going to come back?’