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Questioner: But what are the consequences of gathering
people and ‘blowing your own horn’ (preaching Gnan) and
becoming a ‘Gnani’?
Dadashri: That is nothing but a ravaging fire! A life in
hell! He will experience a life in hell and then return here to the
same old thing. Intense greed (lalacha) that exists within will not
go away, will it? He will change a little in the presence of a Gnani
Purush.
Not even a moth will hover (bother) around you if you
have no intense greed (lalacha). A man without lalacha for
reverence is the king of the world. And the one with such greed
will achieve nothing, no matter how hard he tries.
Intense greed can stay alive and get stronger only if you
give it a cause to. Then you have to do pratikraman. You should
say to the relative self, ‘Chandulal, you should not go there again.’
You may have a lalacha (strong desire) to become free
from the need to be worshipped and respected, but this lalacha
will obstruct you. If you keep this in mind to eradicate it, just as
one keeps in mind an external enemy, then you will be able to
do so. Otherwise it is not easy to get rid of this desire to be
worshipped.
Questioner: This intense greed (lalacha) is a dangerous
disease!
Dadashri: It is a disease that has prevailed from
countless past lives. This disease makes him want others to listen
to him and follow him. He is preoccupied with, ‘how can I make
them listen and follow me?’ The moment one sees a mango
dangling on the tree, something within starts stirring too. Just the
mere site of a mango stirring in the wind will cause stirring within
him. The lalacha within will take over the minute he encounters
the right circumstances.
Questioner: Some people are such that they want to be