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Dadashri : You learn by seeing others, I have never
done that. From the very beginning I have always done things
contrary to what others do. If people go in a round about way,
I find the shortest and quickest way to achieve the same goal.
I was never dictated by the social norms. I go against the social
norms. I never found happiness in where people believed
happiness to be.
Taste For Good Clothes
I had an affinity for dressing up smartly. In this regard I
was cheated in my steadfast desire for the Soul. You can call
it a habit or some attachment I brought with me, but I was fond
of dressing up sharply, nothing else. I did not care about what
kind of a house I lived in.
Questioner : Was this from your childhood Dada?
Dadashri : Yes, right from childhood.
Questioner : Did you wear good clothes even at school?
Dadashri : Yes even at school. No matter where or
when, I wore good clothes.
Questioner : Even at college…
Dadashri : I did not attend college.
It is only for clothes that I used my energies. I even used
to instruct the tailor how I wanted the collars on my shirt. I did
not spend my energy anywhere else, not even where marriage
was concerned.
Deliberately Failed In My Examinations
At the age of fifteen I picked up the habit of smoking
from some bad company. You can call it bad company or good
company. It could also be the other way around; that I was a