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Right Understanding to Help Others
how it is possible to make others happy without money. Money
is not the only thing that you can give; you can keep an obliging
nature, run errands for others or give advice to people. You can
oblige others in many ways.
Religion (dharma) is not the mere sitting in front of an idol
of God; religion is to attain the goal of life. Whatever one does
to attain concentration (ekagrata) is a different matter. If you
focus your attention on achieving your goal, then you will succeed.
If you make a decision that you want to maintain an obliging
nature, the change will occur within you. Decide that you do not
want any ‘wildness’ in your nature, even when the other person
is behaving ‘wildly’ towards you. Is this not possible? Would
changes not occur from the time you make that decision?
Questioner: But it is difficult.
Dadashri: No, but even if it is difficult, you have to make
the decision because you are a human being, and not just an
ordinary human being at that, either. You are born in India. Your
heritage is that of ascetics and spiritual aspirants. You have
tremendous energy within you. What good is energy that is
concealed? If you make a decision based on what I am telling
you, then it will definitely materialize, otherwise for how long will
you carry on this ‘wildness’? Besides, do you find any happiness
in such ‘wildness’?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: On the contrary, you invite miseries.
Merit Karma Helps This Way
Until one attains liberation, merit karma (punya) functions
as one’s friend and demerit karma (paap) functions as one’s
enemy. What you have to decide now is whether you want a
friend or an enemy. You have to ask how you can make a friend
and get rid of the enemy. If one would like to make an enemy,
I would tell him to run himself into debt while living extravagantly