Life Without Conflict 119
The whole world is in a state of torment and if there is no torment, then there prevails a state of illusion. The world is not outside the parameters of these two states. When you become the enlightened Self, you are free from all torments and illusion.
Gnan Tested In Adversity
Questioner: If someone is playing a big drum, why does it upset an irritable person so much?
Dadashri: It is because he does not like it. If a person is playing the drum, you have to say,“ You play the drum very well.” By saying this, you will not be affected internally. Once you have the opinion of,‘ This is annoying,’ then everything from within becomes ruined. So you have to make a positive comment in a‘ dramatic’( make believe) manner.
Because of this Gnan you will be able to make all kinds of payments of karmic debts. This Gnan is extremely beneficial in difficult circumstances. You will be tested and will pass. Even if you practice Gnan everyday, it will not be as well-tested as when you face difficult circumstances.
The Dance Of Past Karmas
It would be a different matter if after quarreling with your wife; you would have nothing to do with her. However, you have no choice, you will have to get along with her so all the quarreling is useless and wrong. I am always aware of the fact that after an hour or two, we will have to speak with each other and therefore I do not harp on anything. It is a different matter if your opinion will never need to be changed and if you were never to sit with your wife again, then your quarreling is correct. But here, you have to sit and dine with her the very next day, so of what use is all the drama between the two of you? Will you not have to think about this? Instead, what people do is cook the seeds before they sow them and so all their effort is