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Questioner: Yes I would.
Dadashri: What would you tell them? Would you tell
them to go away because it is so late?
Questioner: Of course not. How could I do that?
Dadashri: Well then what would you say?
Questioner: I would invite them in.
Dadashri: You would invite them in. Because you have
been brought up with good moral values, you would invite them
into your home. You carry away your sleeping child to make
room on the sofa for them. You do all this but in your mind you
are thinking what a nuisance it is that they come visiting at such
an inappropriate hour. When you do this, it is raudradhyan, not
artadhyan. Artadhyan means to suffer the consequences within
only. But in this case, you start additional adverse meditation,
and blame your guests for the problem. This is the spoiling of
your internal bhaav towards your guests. You are blaming them
for visiting you so late in the night.
On the outside however, you continue your appearance
of being cordial. After they are seated, you ask them if they
would like some tea. Your friend says that they would prefer a
simple, hot meal instead. You now think to yourself, “Just wait
until my wife hears this. She’s going to stew you in the kitchen!”
She also starts raudradhyan.
What is the Lord’s Agna? What should people who want
liberation do? We live in a terrible time cycle that influences our
bhaav negatively, so that in such circumstances it is natural to
have a bhaav like, “Why are they here at this hour?” All the
prevailing circumstances in such a time, lead even the most
noble of men to have such a bhaav.
Why are you creating such a cause from within, when on