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33 wait for an hour and half. What a though struggle was going on within. An ordinary person, for example would have, say fifty thought struggles going on within him whereas I would have a hundred thousand. You can imagine the suffering. I never liked waiting, even if someone were to offer a comfortable seat during the wait. That hour and a half seemed like twenty hours. That is when I realized that waiting for someone or something is the greatest foolishness in this world. So from the age of twenty- two I stopped waiting for anything. And if in case I had to wait I would engage my mind in something. There are times when you have no choice but to wait. I saw a great opportunity in such a situation. Instead of idling away the time worrying about the arrival of the next bus, I made some internal adjustments. Then I was at peace. Can some adjustments not be made? Questioner : Yes they can be. Dadashri : Is there not a lot to be done? Questioner : So get the mind occupied in something. Dadashri : Yes, get the mind occupied in something. Questioner : In what? Dadashri : In anything. I will tell you what I did. I would read Krupadudev’s writing or some other saint’s. I would not recite it but I would read it. To recite it is to repeat from memory. Instead I would read it. Do you understand this? Questioner : How could you read without a book, Dada? Dadashri : I would read without the book. I would visualize the written form: ‘Dear Lord’ and then I would read it. Recalling and memorizing involves the mind, whereas reciting is mechanical and frees the minds. When the mind is free, it wanders. ‘Dear Lord’, ‘Dear Lord’ ‘it’ keeps saying this mechanically, and the mind becomes free to wander out. The

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