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 .