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Aptavani-9
Questioner: Dada, why do they say mustard seeds?
Dadashri: Because whenever he says anything, it stings!
He will say something and it will give you a migraine!
Questioner: Everyone has ‘mustard seeds’ in their heads
for sure.
Dadashri: Is that so? Is that true? Mustard is cheap in
Gujarat, is it not? That is why people eat it. Has the ‘mustard’
gone away from your head or not?
Questioner: Yes, it has gone.
Dadashri: Since it is gone, everything is resolved.
Questioner: Does the expression ‘filled with mustard’
mean that a person has more abhimaan?
Dadashri: Those with abhimaan are different and those
with ‘mustard seeds’ are different. One with mustard seeds does
not have any wealth. There is nothing to be proud of and yet his
head is full of mustard seeds. Who can be an abhimaani? It is
someone who owns large homes; someone who has wealth to
show for it. Those who have some real estate can be
abhimaani. What is the point of filling your head with mustard
seeds when all you have is an apartment of ten-twenty thousand
rupees? It is acceptable for a person to have abhimaan when
his wealth is not affected regardless of what rules and regulations
the government imposes.
People have a right to be proud of their possessions like
a car or a flat etc., but there is no reason to be abhimaani.
Even if you have a lot of real estate, what will you gain by
abhimaan? On the contrary, your possession went away, did it
not? Besides when a person has abhimaan, his crown will be
one of thorns. There is no telling when someone will come to
attack you and that is why it is better if you don’t wear the
crown. It is only recently that people have started to call their
living quarters ‘my flat’ otherwise they used to call them ‘nests’