Why people hurt us?

People have tired themselves out in persistently seeking justice. A person may feel, ‘What have I spoilt of yours, that you are spoiling this of mine.’

Questioner: That does happen. Even though I have never accused anyone, yet why are people punishing us?

Dadashri: Yes. That is precisely why these courts, lawyers and all the others are sustained. If it does not happen this way, then how would the courts be able to sustain? Lawyers would certainly not have any clients! But how fortunate these lawyers are! The clients wake up early in the morning to visit them, but the lawyer would still be shaving and so the client has to wait for a while. The lawyer earns money sitting at home. The lawyer is fortunate indeed! The client would have him write up a notice and pay him fifty rupees for that. Hence, if you do not seek justice, then everything will fall in place. The fact that you seek justice, is itself an externally induced problem that results in suffering.

Questioner: But Dada, the times have changed so much that, even if I do something for the welfare of a person, yet he is the very one who hurts me.

Dadashri: When you do something for the person’s welfare and in turn, he ends up hurting you, then that is known as justice itself. And that is not something to say to his face. When you say it to his face, he will think, ‘This person has become thick skinned.’

Questioner: Even though I am very straightforward in my dealings with this person, yet the person hurts me.

Dadashri: The fact that the person hurts you is itself justice! Does that person not let you live in peace?

Questioner: If I wear a suit, then the wife will ask me, “Why did you wear a suit?” Then if I wear a t-shirt, she will ask me, “Why did you wear a t-shirt?” Now, if I take it off , even then she will ask me, “Why did you take it off ?”

Dadashri: That is precisely what ‘we’ are referring to as justice! Instead, you went to seek justice there, so you are receiving all these beatings for that. Therefore, you should not seek justice. ‘We’ have made this plain and simple discovery. It is because of seeking justice, that all these people have been bruised and even after that, whatever ended up happening was the same result. At the end of it all, the exact same result came about. So, why not understand it right from the beginning? This is simply an interference of the ego!

Whatever has happened is itself justice! Therefore, do not go to seek justice. If your father criticizes you by saying, “You are like this and you are like that.” That which happened is itself justice. You should not lay a claim on him by saying, “What is the reason for you to say what you just did?” This point is from experience and even otherwise, eventually after getting exhausted, you will have to accept this justice! Would people be accepting of this justice or not? So they may run around [uselessly and aimlessly], but they end up exactly where they started, don’t they? Instead, if you had happily accepted it, then would there be anything wrong with that? Yes, but do not accept it in front of your father, otherwise he will go off on a wrong track. Simply understand it in your mind, ‘Whatever has happened is itself justice.’

From now on, do not use the intellect; instead, consider whatever is happening to be justice. Otherwise, one will say, “Who had asked you to go and heat the water?” Hey, whatever has happened is itself justice. If this were to be understood as justice, then one would say, “Now, I will not lay a claim.” Would one say such a thing or not?

If a person is hungry and you invite him for a meal, then [the wife] will question, “Who asked you to invite this person to dinner? You put me through so much diffi culty and additionally my time got wasted!” Now, if she says such a thing, then what should you do? Should you raise an objection? That which has happened is itself justice.

Between the two people at home, if one of them were to contain the intellect, then things would run smoothly. However, if both continue as per the intellect, then what would be the result? Then at night, even the dinner would not be appealing.

When the rain does not fall, then that is justice. At that time, what would the farmer say? “God is dispensing injustice.” He is saying this due his lack of understanding. So, would it start to rain, by him saying that? If it is not raining, then that is justice itself. If it were to continuously or if there was a good rainy season every year, what loss was the rain going to incur? It thunders down heavily in one area, while in another, there is a drought. Nature has kept everything in regulation. Do you feel that nature’s management is proper? Nature is certainly dispensing justice everywhere.

Therefore, this is all an established principle. This is the only regulation with which the intellect will go away. If you accept, that which is happening to be justice, then the intellect will go away. How long will the intellect remain alive? If you seek justice in whatever it is that is happening, then the intellect will remain alive. Otherwise, that intellect will actually come to understand. The intellect will then feel ashamed. It too will be embarrassed, ‘Darn it, if the master himself is saying such things now, then I had better lay low.’