28 Life Without Conflict
Does your fragrance come through at home? Questioner: What do you mean by‘ fragrance’?
Dadashri: Do you keep everyone happy at home? You do not have quarrels at home, do you?
Questioner: They do occur, everyday.
Dadashri: What kind of a person are you? You cannot give peace to your wife or your children? You cannot even make yourself happy? If you want to attain liberation then I will have to reprimand you and if you want to acquire a life in the celestial world, I can show you another simple path, and in that, I will welcome you with respect. I have not forgotten the worldly language. In the days gone by, there used to be differences of opinions between households, but today there are differences of opinions between people within a household. Everyone has a different understanding. There is no awareness of what is beneficial and what is harmful in life.
Untested Father and Untested Mother
People do not even know how to behave as responsible parents. A man excitedly calls out to his wife to come and see what their toddler is doing.“ Come quickly and see how smart our boy has become! He stood on his tippy-toes and reached inside my coat pocket and took out some money. Isn’ t he clever?” The fool! The fool of all fools! Where does a fool like him come from? He has become a father! Is he is not ashamed of himself? Does he even understand what kind of encouragement his son is getting? The toddler watches all this and thinks he has done something great. Now is this something to be proud of? Should there not be some principles? Does it suit us to have our Indian values erode away in this manner? Should parents not have awareness of what kind of talks give the right encouragement to a child? These are all untested( unfit or