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The Fault is of the Sufferer
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that is also a natural adjustment. Having Seen it, I say it with
a guarantee, “The fault is of the sufferer.”
Questioner: One would say, “What is wrong with
‘multiplying’ happiness?”
Dadashri: If you want to ‘multiply’, then ‘multiply’
pain. If you ‘multiply’ happiness, then you will face grave
difficulties. If you are fond of ‘multiplying’, then do it for
pain. For example, ‘I slapped this man once and he slapped
me back twice. That was a good thing that happened. If I come
across another person who hits me back in this way, then that
will be great.’ So then, your experience of ‘the Knowledge
of the Self’ will continue to grow. However, if you are not
comfortable with the ‘multiplication’ of pain, then do not do
it. But you should definitely not ‘multiply’ happiness.
You Became God’s Culprit!
‘The fault is of the sufferer’ is the language of the Lord!
While over here, people consider the one who steals to be at
fault. Even the courts consider those who steal to be the ones
at fault.
So now, in order to stop these external faults, people
have begun committing inner faults. They have begun to
commit faults that make them culprits of God. Hey, mortal
one! Don’t become a culprit of God. If these [worldly] faults
happen, then there is no problem. You will spend two months
in prison and yet come back, but you should not become a
culprit of God. Did you understand this? If you understand this
subtle point, then your work will be accomplished. ‘The fault
is of the sufferer’ is something many people have understood.
That is because these are no ordinary people, they are deep
thinkers indeed! ‘We’ have explained it just once. Now, if
the daughter-in-law is continuously hurting the mother-in-
law and if the mother-in-law has heard this one phrase, ‘The