Dadashri:  When you wake up in the middle of the night, what is the first thing that comes into your awareness?
Questioner:  ‘I am a pure Soul’ and then I see ‘Dada’.
Dadashri:  After ‘We’ have given you knowledge of the Self, how long does that awareness last?
Questioner:  It remains constantly, Dada
Dadashri:  The awareness, ‘I am Shuddhatma’ is the only thing of ours. The Self is the only thing that cares for you.  No one will ask to see how you are doing at night and, no one will get up for you if you ask for some water; you will have to get it yourself.  If you ask for water, the one who was sleeping will get up, but another who was awake will not. ‘We’ (Dadashri and the awakened Lord within) constantly see all these Kramic accounts at a time. This worldly life is an absolute betrayal; no one can ever be yours.
Dadashri:  How many children do you have, dear lady? 
Questioner: I have four children. 
Dadashri: So where are your children from your past live?
Questioner:  Dada, how can we know that?
Dadashri:  In every past life, one has suffered a horrible beating but he forgets it and continues to suffer new beatings. He leaves behind his  children from the past life and clings to the ones of  this life.
If something was truly ‘yours’, it could never be taken away from you and whatever is taken away from you was never yours to begin with.  Even if you have just one son, he will not remain yours. 
Is there anyone in this world worth having attachment (moha) for?   How can you have attachment for those who ‘smell’? Would you feel attracted to a mango that smells? During the time of satyug (time cycle of purity in thoughts, speech and actions) human beings were ‘fragrant’. Those left behind; the rejects from that time cycle passed on to Dwaparyug (subsequent time cycle of moral deterioration and decreased purity). The rejects of that time cycle went on to Tretayug (subsequent time cycle of progressive deterioration) and the rejects of Tretayug are now to be found in this Kaliyug (no unity in thoughts, speech or actions).  Mostly everyone left behind is a reject from the previous eras. Their food, intellect and thoughts reflect this as well. What possible happiness can you find here? Instead just withdraw into the ‘cave of your Shuddhatma (the pure Soul; your real Self)’ and remain superfluous (superficial) in your interactions of worldly life. What kind of happiness are you likely to find where everything just reeks?  In the absence of Self-realization, there is nothing but intense suffering everywhere you look. If you are Self-realized then just remain in your abode (cave) and remain superficial in your worldly relationships. If you interact with people who are very nice to you, and respect you, call you for tea and snacks, you will fall spiritually because of attachment. Thus without any reason you will lose time away from the Self. 
All the people that you meet in this life are your accounts from past life. These people are like the birds that sit together on a tree and then fly away in different directions. Ultimately the body is going to burn in a funeral pyre, is it not? The Chakravarti (emperor) kings left behind their thirteen hundred queens, their entire empire and all the luxuries in a heartbeat to run after a Gnani. And yet today, one cannot leave his queen.  What is more, the ‘queens’ of this Kaliyug will attack you first thing in the morning, “Why the heck do you need to drink tea in the morning?”
This world in fact is a furnace in which ‘potatoes’ (human beings) are being roasted from all sides. 
If there were any happiness in it, you would read in the papers that a certain businessman is happy but truly, no one is happy. People are roasting from all sides just like potatoes in a fire. A wife of the rich businessman lost all her bungalows because she had no insurance. In the end all was lost. Is there any happiness in it?  If there were happiness in money, then why would these wealthy businessmen toss and turn at night in their bed? Even the bed squeaks. Where is the happiness in all this?  The emperors had hundreds of wives but even then some of them would always be sulking.
There was a Vanik (from the business community) man who would come and sit with me everyday. ‘We’ asked him one day, “How do you get along with your wife? What would become of you if your wife were to die?” He replied, “I have made it very clear to my wife that I will become a widower but I will not let her become a widow!” My goodness, these Vanik men are very shrewd. His wife would feel very good that he is going to live longer than her. He tells his wife she can die a married woman but he is going to be a widower for sure. Men have made these rules and that is why they are partial towards the male. The only difference between a man and a woman are the ones that are naturally made, but otherwise even she is a ‘Shuddhatma (pure Soul)’ is she not?
One Vanik man was very brave! Robbers were robbing the homes adjacent to his, and there was much chaos and noise going on. Upon hearing this, he told his wife, “You cover me up on this bed with a whole bunch of blankets.” These are the kind of brave men you have these days!
You got married, you have tasted the fruits of a married life and now you have to remain vitarag (without attachment or abhorrence). If you taste a fruit of a mango tree and find the mango very tart, are you going to sit under the tree in anticipation that perhaps next year’s crop will be sweet?  No, that tree will always produce tart fruits. In the same token, this worldly life will always remain bitter but people forget this because of moha (illusion). After suffering, the illusion makes them forget the suffering and they become engulfed in attachment again.  This is exactly like a web; one becomes entangled in it. But if the Self is realized even for a second, this worldly web will no longer be a trap. Once the Gnani bestows Self-knowledge (atmagnan), one becomes free from all the entanglements of the worldly web and he proceeds towards final liberation (moksha). 
Even if a father is on his deathbed, he lies worrying about his daughter who is not yet married. He dies worrying and hence he takes a birth in the animal kingdom, where life is filled with abuse and ill treatment. Alas! What can anyone do, if as a human he does not conduct himself properly?  And even when a Gnani Purush tells him, “Ask for it! Ask!  ‘We’ will grant you whatever you want”, he does not even ask for the right thing.
When a ship is sinking, the passengers are given a warning. As the passengers are being placed in the life-boats, the old man rushes to get there first. Hey you! You are close to death now; why not let your younger children go first?  
People find this world a beautiful and a harmonious place. But really it is a factory of death. Death is inevitable with old age. Whatever spiritual work you accomplish in this life will be your own and yours to keep.
If a passenger in a train, which has now entered the outskirts of Mumbai on the way to Mumbai Central Station, opens up his bedding to go to sleep, people will say that he is crazy because Mumbai Station is fast approaching.  He is foolish because he is making his bed when he has to disembark.  Many start to play cards even when the train passes Borivali (suburb) station. At least get up now, the final station is approaching.  Start packing your belongings, be forewarned, whatever awareness you maintain, you will benefit from it.
This worldly life is filled with sheer danger, it is full of horror and disgust and what is more, it is constantly this way. Is it not a wonder that people have attachment for it?