If you walk into a wall, is it the fault of the wall or
is it your fault? What if you try to seek justice with the
wall by saying, “Move aside, move aside.” And what if
you say, “I am only going to pass through this way;” then
whose head will get injured?
Questioner: Mine.
Dadashri: So who should be careful? What does the wall care? Whose fault is it in that? The fault is of the one who gets hurt. So this world is like a wall.
If you collide with a wall, then will divisiveness due to difference of opinion arise with the wall? If you ever collide with a wall or a door, then would divisiveness due to difference of opinion arise at that time with the door or with the wall?
Questioner: The door is a non-living thing, isn’t it!
Dadashri: So it is only when it comes to a living being that you believe that he clashed with you. Everything that clashes in this world is a non-living thing. That which clashes is not living. Living beings do not clash; non-living things clash. Therefore, you should immediately consider them as a wall, meaning that you should not interfere with them. After a while say, “Come on, let’s have some tea.”
If a child were to throw a rock at you right now and blood were to gush forth, then how would you react towards that child? You would get angry at him. And what if you are going about your way and a rock falls from a hilltop. It hits you and blood gushes forth. What would you do then? Would you get angry? No. Why is that? It is because the rock fell from the hilltop! And it does not matter that the child may be feeling remorse about what he did. Whereas who is responsible for the rock that fell from the hilltop?
So, understand this world. If you come to me, I will make you worry-free so that you can live wonderfully in this worldly life. Go ahead and stroll around with your wife! And get your children married without any worries! Then your wife will become pleased. She will tell me, “I must say! You have made my husband so sensible!”
Now, suppose your wife had a quarrel with the neighbor and she has become a little hot tempered. And you come home and she speaks to you with an ill temper, then what should you do? Should you also become hot tempered? When such circumstances arise, there you should adjust and carry on. There is no telling under what circumstance she has become ill tempered, who she has become angry with today. Now, as you are the man (purush) of the house, you should not allow divisiveness due to difference of opinion to arise. If she creates divisiveness due to difference of opinion, even then you should turn it around. Divisiveness due to difference of opinion means clash!
Questioner: Mine.
Dadashri: So who should be careful? What does the wall care? Whose fault is it in that? The fault is of the one who gets hurt. So this world is like a wall.
If you collide with a wall, then will divisiveness due to difference of opinion arise with the wall? If you ever collide with a wall or a door, then would divisiveness due to difference of opinion arise at that time with the door or with the wall?
Questioner: The door is a non-living thing, isn’t it!
Dadashri: So it is only when it comes to a living being that you believe that he clashed with you. Everything that clashes in this world is a non-living thing. That which clashes is not living. Living beings do not clash; non-living things clash. Therefore, you should immediately consider them as a wall, meaning that you should not interfere with them. After a while say, “Come on, let’s have some tea.”
If a child were to throw a rock at you right now and blood were to gush forth, then how would you react towards that child? You would get angry at him. And what if you are going about your way and a rock falls from a hilltop. It hits you and blood gushes forth. What would you do then? Would you get angry? No. Why is that? It is because the rock fell from the hilltop! And it does not matter that the child may be feeling remorse about what he did. Whereas who is responsible for the rock that fell from the hilltop?
So, understand this world. If you come to me, I will make you worry-free so that you can live wonderfully in this worldly life. Go ahead and stroll around with your wife! And get your children married without any worries! Then your wife will become pleased. She will tell me, “I must say! You have made my husband so sensible!”
Now, suppose your wife had a quarrel with the neighbor and she has become a little hot tempered. And you come home and she speaks to you with an ill temper, then what should you do? Should you also become hot tempered? When such circumstances arise, there you should adjust and carry on. There is no telling under what circumstance she has become ill tempered, who she has become angry with today. Now, as you are the man (purush) of the house, you should not allow divisiveness due to difference of opinion to arise. If she creates divisiveness due to difference of opinion, even then you should turn it around. Divisiveness due to difference of opinion means clash!
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