Dadashri : The belief of, “I am Chandulal,” does not
diminish, even in your sleep. And when you get married, people
say to you, “You are this woman’s husband,” and therefore, you
accept the role of a husband, and act like one. After that,
through repetition, you keep reiterating the notion of being a
husband. Is anyone a husband forever? If you get divorced will
you still be her husband? All these false beliefs have become
deeply ingrained within you.
The first wrong belief is that of “I am Chandulal.” “I am
this woman’s husband,” is the second wrong belief, and “I am a Hindu,” is the third wrong belief. “I am a lawyer,” is the fourth
wrong belief. “I am this boy’s father,” is the fifth wrong belief.
“I am an uncle,” is the sixth wrong belief. “I am fair-skinned,”
is the seventh wrong belief. “I am forty-five years old,” is the
eighth wrong belief. “I am a businessman,” is also a wrong
belief. If you say, “I am a taxpayer,” then that is yet another
wrong belief. How many such wrong beliefs do you have?
Questioner : Too many wrong beliefs.
Dadashri : Wherever you superimpose ‘I’, where ‘I’
does not belong, that is a wrong belief. You have to get rid of
all these wrong beliefs. How can you be happy with so many
wrong beliefs? Now tell me. What kinds of beliefs make a man
happy?
Questioner : The person who does not have any beliefs
is happy.
Dadashri : No, one cannot live without beliefs. But what
you need is the right belief.
Questioner : Is it possible to be without any beliefs?
Dadashri : Suppose we want to go from Los Angeles
to San Francisco, but instead we take the road going to San
Diego. Do we not then, have to backtrack from San Diego to
Los Angeles (our original place) before we proceed to San
Francisco? Likewise, it is important to keep this right belief in
order to come back to our original place. Once you get rid of
the wrong beliefs and keep the right belief for a while, you will
arrive at your original place, after which there will no longer be
a need to keep any beliefs. Then your work is done.
Now, how will you get rid of all these wrong beliefs?
Questioner : I don’t know. I need your guidance for
that.
Dadashri : Yes, because one does not possess the
knowledge of how to rid himself of this wrong belief, he continues
to wander aimlessly in this world, life after life. Even if he comes
to know that this belief is wrong, he does not know how to get
rid of it. Infinite lives have passed without getting rid of even a
single, wrong belief.
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