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Life Without Conflict
create mental projections of their so-called sufferings.
In reality it is not the material things that are needed;
people’s miseries stem purely from ignorance of the Self. Once
I give you the knowledge of the Self, all miseries disappear.
After that all you have to do is to know where you have not
been able to remain within the five Agnas that I have given you.
That is all you have to do. Even your daily meals are destined
and will come at the precise time; that is the force of scientific
circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit). When the hair on your
face grows even against your wish, will the food not arrive
without your wish? Your beard will grow even though you do
not want it to. What more do you need besides your basic
necessities? The more possessions you have, the more difficulties
you experience. Before becoming Self-realized were you not
getting lost in thoughtful fantasies? Do you recognize fantasies?
Questioner : Yes, I used to have many fantasies.
Dadashri : These thoughts and imaginations are like
waves that continue to flow. God has referred to these fantasies
as building castles in the air. They are imaginary. People are so
caught up in these fantasies. If a person wants to slap someone,
he will not do it directly. It would be much better if he did, but
instead he makes the subtle inner cardinal mistake of saying, “I
will slap him one,” and binds karma for another life. The
haunting of the ‘ghosts of imagination’ traps everyone in the
world. They haunt people in worrying: ‘this is going to happen
and if that happens, then this will happen’ and on and on.
Materialism and Suffering
The entire world has sunk in the ocean of accumulation
and hoarding of unnecessary materialistic things. God has no
objection to your accumulation of things that are necessary for
life. One should decide on his necessities in life. What are the