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mothers have no respect for them. What kind of men are these?
First, improve yourself. It is wrong egoism to say or believe you
can improve others. When you yourself have no worth, what
are you going to do for others? It is necessary for you to
become wise first. Lord Mahavir only expended energies in
trying to become ‘Mahavir’ (The Great One) and that is only
why millions feel his presence even today. Even now, after
twenty-five hundred years, that impression is still strong. I do
not try to improve anyone.
Everyone Is a Top
What right do you have to improve others? What right do
you have to improve one that has a soul? If this cloth gets dirty,
you have the right to clean it, because there will be no reaction
from it. Where there is a soul, there will be reactions. What are
you going to improve there? When your own prakruti does not
improve, how are you going to improve someone else’s
prakruti? You yourself are a top (spinning toy) and in the same
token, so is everyone else; everyone is under the control of his
own prakruti because he has not become a Purush (Self-
realized) yet. Only after one becomes a Purush can real effort
(purushartha) begin. Here, in the world, no one has seen real
effort at all.
Your Worldly Life Solved by Adjusting
Questioner : Surely, adjustments cannot just be one-
sided if we are to live and continue our worldly interactions in
this world.
Dadashri : Proper worldly interactions are ones in which
you adjust so that even your neighbors will say, “Every
household has conflicts but not this one.” It is then that your
interactions are considered ideal. You have to cultivate your
inner energies in situations where you cannot get along with a