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Right Understanding to Help Others
never become anxious. They never think about walking a mile
to a river for a drink.
All one needs is honesty and a mutually obliging nature –
that is all. Do only that which is beneficial for human life. There
are only two kinds of people who have no worries; one is a Gnani
Purush and the other is the one who obliges others.
The Real Method of Obliging
Questioner: What constitutes good deeds in this world?
Please define them.
Dadashri: Yes. These trees have good actions, but their
actions are not based on a ‘doership.’ These trees have a life.
They give their own fruits to others. You should do the same;
give your fruits to others. In doing so, you will continue to receive
yours. Whatever benefits come your way, whether they are
related to your body, your mind or your speech, if you give these
benefits freely to others, you will receive everything for yourself.
You will not lack any of life’s necessities. But when you keep
the benefits for yourself, you will experience obstructions. What
would the owner of the tree do if the tree ate its own fruits?
Would he not chop it down? People not only reap their own
rewards, but in addition they ask to be paid for them!
People charge 22 rupees for filling out simple claim forms!
In a country where legal cases were argued at no charge and
where the lawyers even provided food and hospitality to their
clients, all of that has changed and now they are reduced to doing
this! In the past, if there was a conflict in a village, the head of
the village would bring both the parties together in order to come
to an agreement. He would make the debtor pay a portion of
the money owed and arrange for the balance to be paid off in
installments. Then he would feed both the parties and send them
home! Do we have such lawyers today? Therefore, understand
and recognize the difference between the times. When a person
spends everything on himself, at the time of his death he will be