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control over any situation? Do you even have control over your
own bowels that you can go to the bathroom at will? Is there not
some other force at work behind everything?
(P.329)
Even on his deathbed, a man worries about the future of his
unmarried daughter and so he passes away in a state of adverse
internal meditation. This will result in him taking birth in the animal
kingdom, where his life will be filled with pain. What else can he
expect for not living his life, the way it should be lived? (P.331)
CONSIDER YOURSELF BLESSED FOR NOT
HAVING CHILDREN
Dadashri : Do you ever worry?
Questioner : Generally I do not worry. I have everything,
but at times I wished I had a child.
Dadashri : It is like having a lot of food but no one (son or
daughter) to eat it. Yes that too can be a problem!
(P.336)
In certain lifetimes, those who are born with great merit
karma will have no children. It is because karmas determine
whether or not a couple will have children. Consider yourself very
fortunate that you do not have any children in this life. Who says
that a childless couple is unfortunate? A man told me that his wife
constantly griped about not having children. I then met with his
wife and explained the reality of things to her. She finally understood
the blessings of being childless.
(P.337)
If a child is born to a couple after many years of waiting,
the father becomes overjoyed. But if that child goes away, then
the father will suffer just as much. So you should understand
that the one that comes will also have to leave, and when that
happens, what will become of you? Instead it would be better
to be aware about the nature of things, so that later on you do