106 Life Without Conflict
Ultimately you may even have to use the water from the gutter !” If you do not adjust and give in to a bandit who is holding you at knifepoint , he will hurt you . Therefore , you must make a decision , then adjust with him and get it over with . Ask him , “ What is your wish ? We are on our way to a pilgrimage .” Do you fight with the sewer plant of Bandra when it smells ? In the same way , when people smell , do you go to them to complain ? Everything that smells is like a sewer , and everything that has a nice aroma is like a garden . Everything that comes to you with a smell , pleasant or unpleasant , is reminding you to remain vitarag ( detached ) with it .
If you do not adjust everywhere , you will go mad . Ongoing harassment and aggravation with the other person will make you mad . If you keep harassing this dog , he will respect you a few times , but if you overdo it , he will bite you . The dog will come to realize , ‘ This man is no good . He harasses me everyday . He has no shame .’ This is worth understanding . Do not argue ; just adjust everywhere .
The Worldly Confusion Will Become an Obstacle
First , you have to understand worldly interactions ; people suffer a lot because they do not have this understanding .
Questioner : Dada , your spiritual talks are unparalleled , but so are your talks of interactions of worldly life .
Dadashri : It ’ s like this : no one has attained moksha without understanding the ultimate facts about the worldly life . It does not matter how priceless the spiritual knowledge is , but without understanding the worldly life , no one has attained moksha , because the worldly life has to set you free . What would you do if it does not set you free ? You are a pure soul , but the worldly life has to set you free , does it not ? You keep entangling your worldly life and making it more complex . Why