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40 The Science of Karma Mother-in-Law: Daughter-in-Law - Both Faultless Questioner: I have a lot of conflicts with my mother-in- law, how can I be free from them? Dadashri: You should become free from each and every karma. Each time your mother-in-law gives you trouble, you should find freedom from that karma. What should you do for that? You should think of her as being faultless. Ask yourself why she would be at fault. Tell yourself that it is because of your own karmas that you have encountered her. She is merely instrumental in giving your effect to you. This is how you will achieve freedom from karma. On the other hand, if you look at her faults, you will increase your own karma. When you see fault in others, you bind karmas (cause) and when you look at your own faults, the karmas leave. We should live our life in a way that does not bind any karma. You should remain detached from this world. It is because of the karmas we have bound that we encounter the people we do in this life. Who are all these people in our family? We have bound a karmic account with them, which is why they are around us. Even if you were to decide that you do not want to speak with them, you would be compelled to speak anyway. This is all a result of vengeance created in your previous life. Questioner: That is all you see everywhere. Dadashri: That is why I am telling you to move away from all that and come to me (The Gnani Purush and His Gnan). I will give you whatever I have experienced, so that you too will become free. There is no freedom otherwise. I do not place blame on anyone, but I do make a note of what this world is about. I have seen the world from all aspects and in every way possible. When we see faults in others,