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In business it is necessary for you to think but if you go beyond
thinking, then it will ruin everything. For that matter, even for
your business you are free to think for ten or fifteen minutes but
if things go beyond this time, things become complicated and
you go beyond normality. Let go at this time. Thoughts about
your business are inevitable, but when you become one with
those thoughts, those thoughts will linger and will divert your
attention and that is when you will have worries. This will cause
a great loss.
Questioner : What should I do if I decide that I do not
want to engage in artadhyana or raudradhyana, but if my shop
is going into a loss and I have no choice but to do so?
Dadashri : It is the business that is running at a loss, not
you. That is the nature of business; it will give you a profit and
then a loss. It happens. One follows the other. The business will
continue to show profit and loss.
Let me tell you what I used to do in my business? When
steamers were launched, there were all kinds of puja rituals. We
would even call a priest and do a puja of the ship and then I
would whisper in the steamer’s ear, ‘You may sink if you want
to, but that is not my wish. That is not my wish. That is not my
wish.’ If I did not say this, it would have meant that I was not
interested and then it would sink for sure. By saying ‘It is not
my wish’, the words would give effect and if the ship were to
sink, then I would know that at least I did speak to it.
So in this world you have to make adjustments
everywhere, in order to accomplish anything. The nature of the
mind is such that if it does not get what it wants, it becomes
depressed. That is why we have to resort to different tactics.
Then if that steamer were to sinks after a few months, I would