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then the process of positive thinking will start. Instead, the
wealthy businessmen are only consumed with thoughts of
making money and so I tell them, “Sheth you are running after
money but your household is falling apart, your wife and your
children are running around all day.” The sheth (businessman)
then asked me, “So what should I do?” I told him he has to
understand how to live life. Do not make money your only
pursuit in life. Take care of the dirt in all corners of your home.
Do not clean just one corner. Take care of your health or else
you will have a heart attack. You have to take care of your
money, your health, your children and your wife. You have to
clean all the corners of your house. What happens when you
tend to just one corner? How can you live your life the way you
do right now?
A man with commonsense will not allow any conflict to
take place in his home. How can you acquire commonsense?
When you sit with the Gnani and remain at his feet, and attain
Gnan from him, you will acquire commonsense. A person with
commonsense will not let any conflicts and quarrels occur within
or outside his home. How many such households are there in
Bombay? How can there be any commonsense where there are
conflicts?
If you and your wife start fighting about whether it is
daytime or nighttime, where will it all lead to, and when will it
come to an end? Instead, you can tell her quietly, “I ask that
you to please go and check for yourself, that it is night.” If she
still insists it is daytime, then you can say, “Yes, you are correct.
I made a mistake.” Only then will you make any progress.
Otherwise, you will never resolve anything. Everyone, including
the wife is a passerby.
Even the Body Betrays You In the End
All of your relationships are relative; there is no real