Life Without Conflict 31
observe them. You have no control over any of this. You are just the knower.
Those who want to increase their ties to this worldly life may fight and do whatever they please, but to those who want liberation, I tell them to simply see what unfolds.
Nothing improves in this world through reproach. The person who rebukes merely inflates his own ego in thinking,“ I really told him off!” But, if you look deeper, his reproach did not have any effect on the person he told off. Brass will remain brass and bronze will remain bronze. If you keep beating brass, will you be able to prevent it from discoloring? No. Why is that? It is because one of the inherent properties of brass is its proneness to discoloration. So, you should just remain quiet. Just because you do not like a particular scene in a movie, do you have the right to go and burn the screen? No, you have to observe that too. Is every scene going to be to your liking? Instead, people get up on their seats and start shouting,“ Hey! He will kill you, he will kill you!” As if they are so compassionate! All this is to be observed. Eat drink, watch and enjoy yourselves.
You Only Need To Improve Your Self
Questioner: Children defy their teachers, so when will they improve?
Dadashri: The one who suffers is the one at fault. The fault is of the sufferer. The teachers and the gurus are the dimwitted fools and that is why their students are disrespectful and insolent towards them. The children are good but it is the teachers and parents who are brainless. Adults insist upon their old ways so naturally the young are bound to retaliate. Today parents’ conduct is such that their children will be insolent. The conduct of adults has declined and that is why children act the