354 Aptavani-9
try to make them laghutam they will take you towards gurutam.
Instead of being helpless in all respects … become laghutam
So eventually will you not have to have intent( bhaav) of being laghutam? Otherwise, does a man miserable from a sickness not become helpless and dependent( laachaar) before a doctor?
Questioner: He does!
Dadashri: It is better to become laghutam than to become helpless and dependent( laachaar). You should not become helpless, no matter what.
All these prominent people, if they get a stomachache, they will say‘ I will do whatever you tell me, doc.’ They become helpless at that time. They are very helpless; they cannot tolerate pain,‘ please save me from this pain, doctor.’ They have tried lifelong to be gurutam and their constitution becomes weak and sensitive. One needs to have a strong constitution to become laghutam. A laghutam person will take the approach of‘ do what you have to, doctor’ but they will not become helpless( laachaar).
‘ We’ have never shown any helplessness in‘ our’ life, not even if they were to cut‘ us’. To be helpless( laachaar) in all areas is tremendous violence( himsa) towards the Self. It is atmahimsa- violence towards the self. There is bound to be pain and suffering as long as there is a body. There is no way out of that. But you should not become helpless. You should become laghutam instead.
One’ s real Self is the Soul- the owner of infinite energy. So when you say,‘ I am helpless’, how low a state is that? How can you be helpless? How can something that has Soul be