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in such a way?
Dadashri: Yes, your son’s bad karma, and your bad karma.
If your karmas are good then the results will be good also.
The Inner Vibrations Reach The Dead
When parents worry and grieve for their children who have
died, their unhappiness reaches the children wherever they are
now. People, who grieve after the dead, do so because of
ignorance, therefore it is important for them to know the facts and
live peacefully. What is the point of worrying unnecessarily? Death
is inevitable for all. These young ones who die are your accounts
from your past life’s interactions. These are all accounts of give
and take. I too had a son and a daughter, but they both died.
They were guests in our home. They came and they left. They
were not our property anyway. We too will have to go some day,
will we not? So do not worry about the dead. Instead give peace
and happiness to those who are still alive. Our duty is to those
who are living and dependent upon us. Those who are gone are
gone. Stop even remembering them. What foolishness is it to recall
those who have gone and grieve after them instead of taking care
and giving peace to those who are still living? Instead people
dwell in the past, oblivious of those present and living. In doing so
they are not fulfilling their duty.
Those who have departed from us become unhappy
wherever they are because the effect of our unhappiness reaches
them. Nothing is in our hands. Even the scriptures tell us not to
worry about loved ones that have departed. The rituals of prayer
and scriptural readings are practiced in order for people to forget
their loved ones. You too went through such rituals, did you not?
Questioner: But I cannot forget. I was very close to my
son.