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Right Understanding to Help Others
restlessness, but if you do not, then none of your wishes will be
fulfilled. Restlessness will not allow you to sleep at night. These
wealthy businessmen are not able to sleep for days because all
they have done throughout their lives is cheat and rob people.
So be obliging. If you are going somewhere, ask people
if you can run an errand for them while you are out. What is
wrong in asking? Someone may tell you that they don’t trust you,
so in that case, ask for their forgiveness. Those who do trust you,
be sure to help them.
I am telling you this because even as a young man I had
an obliging nature. At the age of twenty-five my friends used to
call me a ‘superhuman.’
Who do you call a human? A human is one that giv es and
takes equally. He will give happiness to those who make him
happy and bestow misery upon those who cause him misery. This
kind of dealing is a characteristic of a human being.
Those who take away happiness of others go into the animal
form in the next life. Those who give happiness and take happiness
will remain as humans. Those who give away their own happiness
to others are superhuman and will be born as celestial beings.
The Ego of Those Who Help Others is Normal
Questioner: Is benevolence associated with ego?
Dadashri: The ego of a benevolent person is always
normal; it is within limits. But the ego of a person who charges a
fee for his services is greatly increased.
Nature’s law is such that if you give the fruits of your own
efforts to others, nature will take care of you. That is the hidden
science. This is relative (paroksha) ‘religion.’ First comes relative
religion, then comes real (pratyaksh) religion, and finally comes
the religion of the Self (Atma dharma). The only purpose of the
human life and its essence is this: To use one’s mind, body and
speech for others.