Dada's advice is "Give in!!"
He says it is ridiculous to speak of temptations and sin in this day and age. We are free to make our choices.
But then Dada has decided ( for the last two years- from a total of ninety- the erring may please note very carefully ) that he does not like to judge others.
He likes to be happy.
When he does not judge, when he accepts that the other person has a context, he feels peaceful.
"The moral fiber of the world is not my responsibility. I knows the rules,I abide by them."
The others are free to do what they like.
I am sure however, that Dada's wife would not agree with him.
But then Ba has fine judgment. And she is able to live with some sorrows.
Dada says she is a strong person. I agree. Ba decides what is good or bad, and she speaks her mind persuasively.
Ba liked my story of the king who promised a reward to the man who would find a way to get the goat to refuse green grass when tempted.
Every one tried by feeding lots of grass to the goat. The hypothesis was that at some point it would be satiated.
But this just did not work. However much the goat ate, when it was offered some grass, it would reach out.
When many had failed, a saint came and took the goat to his ashram.
There he would offer green grass to the goat, and when the goat reached out , the saint would smack it hard with the green grass.After a couple of days, the saint was satisfied that his experiment was complete.
He took the goat to the king. The king offered the goat some green grass, and the goat shuddered and backed off.
In this age of Self and in pursuit of Happyness most people might say it is a rather brutal process. As the Queen of sensitivity, I would say the same.But then I have been told, oh so many times, that my freedom ends where their nose begins.
We have not concluded the argument- and never may.
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