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you calling out to the police? What are you going to do with the
policeman? Are you living or are you dead? If you are going to
depend on the police for help then do not become a husband.
You cannot be a ‘half-around’ man and be a husband.
You need to be ‘all-around’. There are six requirements to be
called a man: 1. He should have the ability to write. 2. He
should be able to cook, so that he is not dependent upon others
for his nourishment. 3. He should be skilled in his ability to
protect. 4. He should have the ability to convince others in
order to get his work done. 5. He should have the art of
survival. 6. He should be a master in the art of stealing or
pilfering. A man unable to carry out these six tasks is not a man.
A true man knows how to adjust with the other person even if
that person is the most devious and debased. To not lose your
mind when dealing with such a person is what really counts, it
is of no use if you become angry and aggravated.
A man who has absolute faith in himself will have
everything, but alas men have lost faith in themselves! Some
men have lost faith even in their wife and have doubts about
whether his wife will remain with him. ‘Will she put up with me
for even five years or not?’ You fool! You do not have
confidence even in this matter? Once a person loses faith, it is
the end of him. There is tremendous strength in faith, even if that
faith is in the form of ignorance. Once a person worries, ‘What
is to become of me?’ then he is doomed. In this day and age
people have become confused.
A Bolt with Crooked Threads
Questioner : I try very hard to adjust with my wife, but
I am not able to.
Dadashri : Everything in life is a repayment. When the
threads of a bolt are crooked, how is it possible to fit a bolt