Generation Gap
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Dadashri : Your children will become good and virtuous
by observing you. Children’s behavior has degenerated through
observing their parents’ behavior. Parents behave inappropriately
in the presence of their children. They often make suggestive
gestures in front of them, so naturally the children become spoilt.
What kind of impression will the children receive? There should
be some restraint in your behavior. Just observe the effect fire has
on a child. Even the child respects the boundaries of a fire.
Nowadays, the minds of parents have become fractured
and restless and their speech has become careless and hurtful,
which is why the children have become bad. Even a husband
and wife use hurtful language towards each other. What is the
role of a good parent? They should mould their child in such a
way that by the age of fifteen, all the good moral values are
instilled in them.
Questioner : Nowadays the moral standard is declining.
That is where the problem lies.
Dadashri : No, it is not declining; it is practically gone. But
now that you have met a Gnani Purush, the fundamental moral
values and virtues of good human behavior will return in your life.
Every young adult has the potential power to help the entire world.
He just needs the right guidance and support. Without such
guidance the youth has turned selfish and has a very self-centered
view of life. They will prey on others for their own worldly comfort
and happiness. He who renounces his own happiness can make
others happy.
There was a wealthy businessman who was preoccupied
with making money so I asked him, ‘Seth you are so busy making
money, do you realize that your household is in ruin? Your daughters
and sons are running around and so is your wife. You have been
robbed from all directions.’ He then asked me, ‘What should I