Pure Love
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Dadashri: You will find out when you test it. It is best
to test it before committing yourself. Just as we tap a rupee coin
to test its authenticity, find an excuse to scold the other person
and see their reaction. Nowadays selfishness is rampant. People
will feign love for selfish motives. You should test it to see
whether it is real love or not.
Questioner: Even when you scold…what is that real
love like?
Dadashri: The one with such love will remain calm when
scolded and take the utmost care not to hurt the offender. In the
presence of such love even the wicked person would melt and
surrender.
Real Love Versus An Affair Of Infatuation
Questioner: What kind of love is it when two lovers
commit suicide because there is no acceptance from their
families?
Dadashri: Aimless, useless love! How can you call that
love? They become emotional and lie across the railroad tracks
to commit suicide! Then they will say to each other, ‘we will be
together alone in our next life.’ No one should have such
expectations. It is each individual’s karma that determines where
he or she will go. They will never be together.
Questioner: Would they not be together even though
that was their wish?
Dadashri: Nothing happens by wishing. The next life is
the result of karma of this life. These are all emotional reactions.
Did you have an affair of infatuation when you were
young? It is when all the evidences and circumstances come
together, that one gets involved in this kind of a problem.
Questioner: What is an affair of infatuation?