Aptavani-9
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‘We’ have never said ‘What do I care?’ Even being a
Gnani Purush, ‘we’ cannot say that, in any situation. ‘We’
cannot say it even when someone comes here under any
predicament or situation.
One woman in our extended family had passed away and
her son came to give me the news. He told me, ‘I had to come
here to give you the news personally.’ I told him, ‘Son, you
inform me now and it is very late in the day, is it not?’ So he
told me, ‘No Dada. You do not have to come home.’ Even so
I still went to his home for a few minutes, came home and also
took a bath afterwards (a normal tradition). So the approach of
‘What do I care?’ is not acceptable in the worldly life. The
worldly interactions (vyavahar) must be carried out as worldly
interactions are meant to be. You are not going to lose your soul
by doing so.
It is the gravest mistake to say, ‘What do I care?’ These
words are never to be found in ‘our’ dictionary at all. These
words cannot be uttered in your home, outside or here in the
satsang. ‘What do I care?’ is this something one should even
utter? If one does, that ego will never go away. That ego
becomes solid. Then it will never leave. It will not break, ever.
People make the statement, ‘what do I care?’ even when
it involves their sister, brother or mother.
Questioner: What does this inner intent of ‘What do I
care?’ towards anyone, indicate?
Dadashri: Worthlessness! ‘What do I care?’ How can
anyone even utter such a statement? You have taken birth in
their home and you say ‘What do I care?’ It is a grave fault. You
must never say this. Not only can you not say this in your own
home but you cannot say it elsewhere either. These are all grave
faults.
Questioner: What kind of a fault is it?