Aptavani-9
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I am bound to meet a man through whom my work will get
done.’ What does the saint mean when he says this? He is
saying that through subjecting himself to being deceived, one day
his work will get accomplished. Those who avoid being
deceived will wander around life after life and never achieve
anything because they never trust anyone. When will a person
attain anything if he remains suspicious? Do you understand this
theory?
Straightness (saradata) means to readily accept whatever
the other person says, even if it means there is a possibility of
being cheated in the process. One, two or five people may cheat
you, but you will find one out of five hundred who will not.
Otherwise, you will not find that honest person, will you? Is this
not a good system? You will be cheated only if it is in the
unfolding of your karma (prarabdha), otherwise who will cheat
you? You will one day find that truth if you move through life
being cheated.
What do we mean by being sarad (straight)? When
someone tells hi m, ‘This train is going to Ahmedabad’, he gets
on it readily, without complaining, that is called being sarad.
Whereas the one who is asarad will question, ‘What’s the
guarantee that this train will take us to Ahmedabad? Let’s ask
someone else.’ Will the train not leave by that time? Many trains
(opportunity to attain the right path) have left and he remains
standing exactly where he has always been.
What is straightness (sarad)? For example, if you cook
freshly picked okra, they will cook within ten minutes. That is
called straight. And what is asarad (not straight, complicated)?
What happens to the okras that are kept in the refrigerator?
Those are asarad okras (they do not cook well; they take a
long time). Similarly, the Lord says that a person who is straight
(sarad) and without guile will attain moksha. The one who is not
straight (asarad) will not make any progress on this path.