18 The Fault is of the Sufferer
is not at all possible for mere eye contact to occur without a previous karmic account! So then, is it possible for anything else to happen without a past karmic account? However much you have given to others, they will return back that same amount to you. At that time, be happy and accrue it, knowing that‘ Now the book of karmic accounts shall come to an end.’ Otherwise, if you make a mistake, then you will certainly have to suffer it again.
‘ We’ have revealed that‘ The fault is of the sufferer.’ People feel it is such a wonderful thing and they say,“ What a great discovery this is!”
When the Finger Gets Caught in the Gear, Who is at Fault?
The one who suffers bitterness is indeed the doer. To become a doer that itself is to prevail in the wrong belief that‘ I am Chandubhai’ and all the relative‘ I-ness’ that stems from it. Suppose there is a machine that you have made yourself and it has a gearwheel. Now, if your finger happens to get stuck in it. Even if you tell the machine a hundred thousand times,“ My dear, it is my finger. I have made you myself, haven’ t I?” Then will the gearwheel let go of your finger? No, it will not. In fact, it is giving you the understanding,“ Dear sir, what is my fault in this? You are suffering, therefore it is your fault!” Similarly, everywhere out there, these are nothing but working machines. All these people are nothing but gears. If they were not gears, then in all of the city of Mumbai, no wife would hurt her husband and no husband would hurt his wife. Everyone would keep their home in a state of happiness, but that is not how it is. These children, husbands, and wives are all machinery; they are nothing but gears.
Would You Throw a Stone Back at the Cliff?
Questioner: If someone throws a stone at me and it hits me, then because I got injured, I become extremely emotional.