Aptavani-9
9
Questioner: Is that not called obstinacy?
Dadashri: No, obstinacy (aadayee) is to maintain, ‘We
will go on a fast.’ This is where the whole world is stuck.
Questioner: Is it not aadayee when a person does not
follow your directions?
Dadashri: That is indeed an aadayee, what else? Is
Dadaji likely to tell you to do anything otherwise? He would
only say something if it is for your own benefit. Therefore, you
should not be obstinate where Dadaji is concerned.
Becoming straight through understanding
Have you ever seen aadayee (obstinacy) in someone?
Have you seen that it exists in people?
Questioner: Dada, I had it within me. I was very
obstinate.
Dadashri: Is that so? You are the knower of the one who
was obstinate. Is the knower not separate? Or is the knower the
one who is obstinate? No. The one who is obstinate is not the
knower. The knower is separate; the knower is the Self. So did
all your obstinacy go away?
Questioner: It is still there, Dada.
Dadashri: Then you still have to become straight.
Aadayee (obstinacy) is not acceptable. If you do not become
straight with this Gnan of ours, then people will beat you into
becoming straight. So, it is better if you straighten up through
understanding. That will save you all the hassle. One always gets
hurt when he interferes (dakho-dakhal; becomes Chandulal).
Hence, interference straightens him constantly. When the horns
of obstinacy are broken right here, then all work is done. All
aadayee (obstinacy) is bestial. When a couple of wise men
plead with the one with obstinacy, ‘Please listen to us,’ do you
know what he will say? He will say, ‘No I find it hard to