Aptavani 01

SR No.: 007534
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 165
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 20 KB

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justified? Your affection for it should be limited to the point that this body has encountered the Gnani Purush and therefore it has become an instrument for you to get your work done and acquire liberation. It is affection for this body that creates extremes in emotions. And despite your affection for it, it will one day become dust. The Lord has referred to the body as a betrayal. Ultimately it will turn into ashes. It is the body that causes attachment-abhorrence. The Lord says that you have devoted infinite lives for the body, now devote just one life for the Self.
Udvega does not occur without a reason. It occurs because of your account from your past life and you can easily tell why it occurs. Only that which is familiar to you comes to you (causes that you have created). Nothing happens without a
reason.
Udvega is an accident and not an incident. An incident has so many causes and an accident has too many causes.
There is only one thing in this world worth becoming inebriated with. And that is the love for the Gnani Purush! Anything else has nothing but sorrow and suffering to offer. Only where there is permanent bliss can you afford to become inebriated.
Udvega arises in whatever instances or situations one is likely to become captivated or intoxicated. That is the cause of udvega. There is no harm in enjoying life but when the 'train' (for liberation) arrives, drop everything and get on that train. But instead people get stuck on whatever 'station' they have a tendency to become intoxicated with and miss the train completely. Udvega makes you take irrational leaps and what happens if you miss the landing altogether? Instead if you were to take such a leap in my satsang, your work will be done. On one side there is satsang, which forever enlightens and gives benefit and on the other tempting splendors, which never fail to torment.
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Sleep
Sleep is a necessity for every living creature. But the proportion of sleep is never maintained. What has become of people nowadays? A peculiar generation has evolved today, otherwise how can sleep be so abnormal? Do birds and animals ever sleep like the humans do? Sleep should be so well balanced that one does not fall asleep during the day. These wretched beings sleep ten long hours lying in bed till the sun rises. Is life meant for sleeping away? On the other hand there are some that cannot fall asleep at all. A high percent of people in America use sleeping pills to fall asleep. It is poison that may kill you. This is a terrible affliction. They have succeeded in putting a man on the moon and yet they have not been able to reduce their dependency on the sleeping pills. The real need is for the latter. People suffer terribly because of their insomnia, why not do something to help them? Sleep is a natural gift and that too has been lost. Of what good are other comforts and wealth? People lack in natural sleep because their proportion of labor is not equivalent to the proportion of their intake of food. The food intake should be such that one's tiredness will induce sleep. Proper adjustment of food with labour would induce normal sleep. Everywhere insomnia runs rampant, especially in foreign countries. I have the prescription for a natural cure. I will teach everyone how to live a normal life: normal food, normal sleep and normal enjoyment.
How much sleep does a person require? God has conceded to three hours for sleeping. This life is not meant to be wasted away through sleep. After Gnan, it is better if you are not able to sleep long. You will have more time to remain alert as the Knower and Seer. For the past twenty years, I have not slept more than an hour and a half each night. I have spent all those nights in the awareness of the Gnan. One needs enough sleep to freshen up after a grueling day. This is all the sleep you need.