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[7] Business Transactions Become Pure
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Questioner: How is that done in the worldly life?
Dadashri: You just have to maintain such a bhaav (inner
intent) and then whatever occurs after that is correct. You should
maintain your inner intent and it is necessary to explain things to
him. No matter how many times you have to explain to him, it
is correct. And it is also correct if you do not say anything to
explain it to him.
Questioner: If someone is being obstinate and I do not
have the authority to punish him, but I report him to my boss so
that he will be punished, now the boss punishes him but I am the
one who reported him to the boss. So I became the nimit, did
I not?
Dadashri: No, that is not Your bhaav. ‘Chandubhai’
does that, does he not? So what should You do? You should
continue ‘seeing’ what ‘Chandubhai’ does. The world will go
on. Do not worry at all about that. Have the inner intent that no
living being be hurt. Then go about your business, whatever it
may be. Do not interfere in it. Do not have any doubts. ‘You’
should remain as the Self. However, you have to meet your
obligations, do you not?
Ultimately, Pratikraman as the Solution
Up until now, you had been trapped but you have learned
the art of escape, have you not? What do people generally say?
‘If the scorpion is going to bite, let it.’ Hey, you! But do you
have the energy to allow it to bite you? They will say, ‘In the
absence of such energy, the one who allows the scorpion to bite
him is a gnani.’ Hey, you! If you don’t have the energy (shakti),
put aside the scorpion. Whether it is a scorpion or some other
poisonous critter, just put it aside. Yes, but do not harm it.
Questioner: Are there such gnanis that will let the scorpion
bite them?
Dadashri: That is what people say, that if one is a gnani