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But when I was trying to bring him out, I felt that he was not being helpful, he was resisting my effort.
I said, "You seem to be mad. Do you want to be saved or not?"
He said, "Please save me." So I pulled him out. And when he was out, he started becoming very angry at me saying, "Can't you understand? I was committing suicide."
I said, "You should have said so before. So why were you shouting, `Save me'?"
He said, "It is natural. I wanted to commit suicide but deep down somewhere there was still a desire to live. That's why I started shouting."
I said, "Okay." I simply pushed him back. I said, "If this is the case, then I will not do anything against you."
He started shouting again, "Are you mad or what? Do you want to kill me?"
I said, "Now I have nothing to do with you. Whatever I have done, I have undone it. Now I will sit silently here and watch."
Somebody else came by and jumped in and took him out. This time he did not give any resistance but he went on looking at me. I said, "What is the matter, where are you going?"
He said, "Is it compulsory to commit suicide?"
I said, "It is not; I have never told you to commit suicide. You were committing suicide; have you forgotten?"
He said, "You seem to be a strange man. When somebody commits suicide, or tries to commit suicide, people prevent him -- but you help them."
I said, "I am ready to help in any way. If you want to get out of the river, I am ready to help. If you want to go in the river, I am ready to help. I don't want to interfere in your lifestyle whatever you want to do."
He said, "I don't want to die."
I said, "That's perfectly okay. You can go, but think twice. You may have to come back again."
He said, "I am not going to come back."
I said, "It is up to you. I am just reminding you that the idea of suicide will come again to you, and this is a good chance. Don't miss it. Ordinarily, there are so many people on the bank. Just by chance there is nobody -- only a man who is ready to help in any way, this way or that."
He said, "As long as you are here, I am not going to come back!"
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