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30 The Essence of All Religion said about smoking. The outward behavior is negative, but the inner bhaav is positive. The other person is spoiling everything from within, by having a negative bhaav even though his external behavior (result of past life bhaav) is positive. Questioner : This is the wonder of Akram Vignan, Dada. That which is spoilt from outside, is being improved from within. Dadashri : Yes that is why we are satisfied. Never mind if the current situation (this life) is spoilt but at least the next life will be better. That which is ruined is history but at least the new one will be improved. Elsewhere people insist on trying to improve this current life. Let it go otherwise you will ruin even the next life. Questioner : We are not responsible for that which has become spoilt and that which we express in the present life, it is all the result of our last life. Dadashri : Yes. In this current life you are not responsible and furthermore it is beyond your control. Right now you are not responsible. Why do you become restless when you cannot change anything? Nowadays even the religious teachers tell their disciples that they cannot come to see them unless they improve. The disciples plead their gurus for help, as they cannot improve, no matter how hard they try. Alas! Such rampant misunderstanding prevails. Questioner : When one does something wrong, he feels intense suffocation. Dadashri : Yes, and as a punishment that poor disciple will be made to fast for about a week. He will torture the poor body unnecessarily. It is the mind that is at fault here, and yet