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worldly profits but in the end they lose, because they have not
gained even a glimpse of the Self. And so the bottom line in their
business (life) is a loss. Karmas dictate what one will gain or
lose so what is one going to earn of one’s own accord? All
one’s earnings are because of his punya – merit karma. But all
these ‘sacks of intelligence’ just wear away their shoes out by
running here and there in their struggle.
So why not just go about your business with the approach
of ‘I don’t know anything’. Just come down to a zero level,
cross out everything and start a new. Begin with new values.
What value is this? Our value of Shuddhatma is for sure the
best. The Self is unaffected (nirleyp) and without any association
(asang). Here ‘we’ have given you the absolute values. You
have become a Shuddhatma when Dada gave you the state of
Shuddhatma. Otherwise, there was nothing there, not even a
penny’s worth.
Win in this world by losing
After Gnan You have the constant meditation (dhyan) of
Shuddhatma, the Self. So every evening You should ask within,
‘Are you Chandulal or Shuddhatma? If the reply is, ‘Shuddhatma’,
then realize that the whole day you had the meditation (dhyan)
of Shuddhatma.
Questioner: People will think we are mad if we say that.
Dadashri: If they say you are mad, they are saying it to
‘Chandulal’. Nobody will tell ‘You’ (the Self) that because they
do not even know You, do they? Therefore, you can tell
Chandulal, ‘Chandulal if you are mad, people will say so. If they
call you mad when you are not, then the liability is theirs. It is
not your responsibility!’ You have to say this to Chandulal.
Questioner: We do not like it when someone calls us
mad or senseless.
Dadashri: You cannot have the best of both worlds; you