Aadarniya Didiji said...

Didiji began her speech with "Dadaji ke vistrut pariwar se jo Yuva Shakti baithi hai, unko Namaskaar.." Then she explained the meaning of Yuva Shakti, stating that it is not just a 'Youth-Wing' of Swadhyay Pariwar nor is it a group based on AGE' In any family that includes children, they should be recognized; hence a 'Youth Wing', but the term is not age-related. In a home where the father is 80 years old, his 40-year-old son is a "child". Didiji said, "Until last year I also considered myself as a part of Yuva Shakti, as I used to go to Dadaji and ask for his time. But now things are slightly different. Though Dadaji may physically not be with us, his connection to us is so strong that he is not detached from us. Yuva Shakti is not based on Age; rather it is based on Relationship. Whenever you address me as "Didi", you are building a brotherly relationship with me.

Didiji then talked about last year's Geeta Jayanti Elocution competition event. Last year Dadaji had attended the Geeta Elocution Competition for the first time. Didiji said, "Last year's Geeta Jayanti was very important and sacred for us. It was extremely difficult for Dadaji to come to Pathshala due to his ill health; yet he still came to meet us. He came to make us happy! He came to greet us, to praise us. Dadaji, today we express our joy that you attended the event". Didiji went on to say, "Our Yuva Shakti should become so strong that Dadaji's name and His work ought to reach every corner of the world."

Subsequently, Didiji explained a very important concept in the Bhagawad Geeta. She said The Geeta and Dadaji never talked about removing challenges (Sangharsh) If Dadaji wanted to remove struggles from our lives, he would have placed His hand on our heads and said "Beta, tera bhalaa ho jayega."; with Dadaji's blessings, maybe the struggles would have disappeared. But instead, Dadaji instilled strength in us to face these challenges. Similarly, The Geeta is not for avoiding 'Samar' (War); rather, it is a cause of samar. The Geeta has a different supremacy. People think that religion-based philosophy should stop a war. Instead, the Mahabharat war began after the Geeta was sung, because it instills strength. Without the Geeta there would have been a "cease-fire". Dadaji has done the same thing. Dadaji says, "I won't remove struggles, I will give strength". Didiji then elucidated her difficulty from 2001. She was getting tired of the continuous obstacles, and she asked Dadaji to remove these setbacks. Dadaji said, "I can't do that, but I can give you the assurance that you will achieve success in whatever you do." Didiji then explained the word "challenge". In a war, the enemy gives a challenge, but today, The Geeta is challenging us! If I say, "I can't do it", The Geeta says, "You can!" Didiji then said, "Not only does The Geeta challenge us, so does Dadaji". Whenever anyone has told Dadaji, "I want to give up my studies and only do Swadhyay work, Dadaji has said, "you are saying this because you are not a good student. First, study hard, get your degree, and then you may work for God." Similarly, first look after your family, then you can do Swadhyay; or, give justice to your parents and then do Swadhyay. Didiji then gave examples of Swadhyayees who are facing challenges; they want to do much Swadhyay work but have limited resources, e.g. no free time from work. Many Swadhyayees are doing consecutive night shifts for months, so that they can do Swadhyay work in the daytime. This is a challenge. To say, "I have an excess of time, so I will do God's work" is leisure; but to adjust one's entire schedule, including work and home responsibilities, and still do Swadhyay work - this is a challenge. Didiji said, "We don't know what challenges The Geeta has given us, but we have to accept Dadaji's challenge - "First become a master in your field, and then do Swadhyay work."

Didiji explained another interesting and important point, stating that Dadaji had given a challenge to The Geeta! Dadaji had proclaimed, "I am ready to fight the 'war', you take the responsibility of my welfare".

In one of the speeches, it was said that 'Didiji is Dadaji's heart'. Referring to this point, Didiji said, "That is easier said than done. To have a place in Dadaji's heart, I will have to do a tremendous amount of work. Dadaji devoted his entire life to God's work, and that is why he has a place in The Lord's heart. We will have to work hard using Dadaji's method to earn a place in His heart.

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