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Right Understanding to Help Others
as they will prompt one to do service for others and give
happiness to others. All other kinds of intellect create bondage
and will subject one to endless beatings. The intellect always looks
at profit and loss. When you get on a bus, the intellect will
immediately look for an empty seat. The intellect that allows you
to do service for others is good, but the intellect that serves the
Self is better. He that serves the Self, serves the entire world.
Let No Living Being be Hurt by Me
That is why I tell everyone that every morning, before they
leave home, they should ask the Lord within this: “Let me not
hurt any living being in this world through the mind, speech and
body, to the slightest extent.” One should repeat this five times
and after that the responsibility is mine, the Lord within! I will
take care of it! At least say this much, then if you happen to hurt
someone, I will take care of it. But you have to say at least this
much. Do you have any objection to this?
Questioner: No, I have no problems with that.
Dadashri: Make sure you say this and even if you end
up hurting someone, the responsibility is mine, the Lord within. I
will take care of it. I will take care of everything. All you have
to do is repeat this sentence of mine five times every morning!
How can it be a problem if you recall ‘Dada Bhagwan—the Lord
within’ with a true heart?
Questioner: That is what we do.
Dadashri: Yes, do that. There is nothing else worth doing
in this world.
The Two Paths
In order to teach people the ‘religion of worldly
interactions’ (vyavahar dharma), I tell them to oblige others. I
tell them not to think about themselves and to oblige others. One
has to acquire this quality to Help Others. If you spend for your