54 Pure Love
come to see me, the more they come into my Gnan daily.
Questioner: At times the way the parents show feelings for their children appears to be excessive.
Dadashri: That is all emotional, above or below normality. Even those who show no feelings are considered‘ emotional’. It should be within normality. Normal means only dramatic. Just as the actor acts realistically in a play, you should perform your role in life with the same degree of conviction. Even the audiences of the play become convinced that there were no flaws in his acting. The feelings displayed were all for the sake of the play. Do you understand?
Questioner: Yes, I do understand.
Dadashri: So say to your son,‘ son come here and sit with me. Besides you, I do not have anyone else’. I too used to tell Hiraba( Dadashri’ s wife) that,‘ when I go out of town, I miss you. I do not like being away from you.’
Questioner: Hiraba would even believe that.
Dadashri: Yes. It is the truth. But internally I did not let it touch me.
Questioner: In the old days parents did not have time to love or attend to their children, and they did not give any love either. They did not give too much attention to their children. Nowadays parents give a lot of attention to their children. They pay a lot of attention to them and yet why is it that the children do not have love for their parents?
Dadashri: This current love is nothing but increasing infatuation and attraction, an illusion of increasing attachment. This results in increased preoccupation with that which attracts them, the children. In the past there was very little attachment, whereas nowadays there is much more attachment to many more objects in the world.