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1 " Misery will not leave from where there is excessive bad or harmful associations with that which takes you away from the Self (kusang). Whereas happiness will not leave from where there is excessive association with Self-realized beings or spiritual discourses (satsang)! "
― Dada Bhagwan , Avoid Clashes
2 " Scolding is the greatest form of egoism. It is foolish egoism. When is scolding useful? If it is done without any prejudice. "
3 " By scolding, one will not tell you the truth and use deceit. All this deceptions in the world are created due to scolding. "
4 " You should not interfere with the flow of water. It flows by itself; no one will stop in that flow. If one interferes in it, the outcome will be spoilt. "
5 " If we clash with someone, it is our own weakness. "
6 " Do not ever get involved in clashing with anyone’ – this is the biggest key to go to moksha (ultimate liberation). "
7 " What does ‘family member’ mean? However big one’s business, he has that many customers. The smaller the business, fewer the customers it has; and the bigger the business, the more are the customer. When the karmic accounts are settled, the customers will stop. "
8 " Through the direct darshan (devotional viewing) of a living enlightened One, One can become apramatt (with constant applied awareness as the Self); whereas through indirect darshan, spiritual apathy (pramaad) arises. "
9 " What is the definition of ‘remaining untouched in the worldly life’? It means that one finds pleasure upon seeing something nice, but he is not to stuck there; he should move on. Then a cactus will appeal to him and a rose will appeal to him. But the world gets stuck there. Getting stuck itself is the pain! "
10 " Bear ‘beating’ in this world. Therein is the taste of the Soul [the Atma]. There is no taste [feeling of goodness, happiness] in giving it [beating others, giving pain to others]. This world has come into existence because of giving [beating others, giving pain to others]. "
11 " There should not be attachment to what is liked and there should be no abhorrence to what is disliked. Like and dislike are mind’s functions; it is not ‘Our’ (Self) function. "
12 " Where Knowledge of the Self (Gnan) prevails and where dispassion for worldly life (vairaag) reaches its pinnacle, that is when the state of absolute detachment (vitaraagata) arises. To not harbor any attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) where the world experiences attachment-abhorrence is considered the state of absolute detachment. "
13 " If you are going to be suspicious or have doubts, then do so your entire life. If you are going to worry about a loss, then worry all your life, otherwise do not worry. "
14 " If the intellect functions in wrong direction, it is deceit and if it turns in the right direction, it will get one’s work done. "
15 " To clash is only our own ignorance. There is no such thing as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ in God’s eyes. According to God, duality does not exist at all. "
16 " If this ego did not exist, then the world would not be this crazy. It is due to the ego that there is misery. Keep doing your work; there is no problem with that. But the ego needlessly stirs up mischief. "
17 " If one does not have fear at the time of death, then know that the 'visa' for liberation has been attained! "
18 " In a true sense, the world is not to be won. The home (family) needs to be won. "
19 " The fear of the past has been released, the future is in the hands of Scientific Circumstantial Evidences (Vyavasthit). Therefore, live in the present. "
20 " What is the need for solutions where everything is in its own inherent nature? "