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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Questioner : Dada, why is it that when we get into disagreements, the elders always point out the mistakes of the younger ones?
Dadashri : It is like the old preying on the young. Instead why doesn't the older person take the blame on himself? If he were to do that, it would solve the problem. What I do is, if the other person is not able to tolerate the mistake. I take it upon myself. I will not find faults or blame others. Why should I leave it to others to swallow the bitterness when I have a 'stomach as vast as the ocean? Look how the Indian Ocean takes the water of all the sewers of Bombay. We too should do the same. By doing so you will impress your children and others and they will learn from that. The children too will realize that you have a heart as big as the ocean. Deposit whatever comes your way. There is a principle that is applicable to the worldly life and it is : the person who insults you also gives you his energies. So accept all insults with a smile.
makes an illegal mistake then the law will bind him or her. No one can see his or her own mistakes.
People keep talking about karma but they do not understand what karma really is. One's karma implies one's own fault. The Self is innocent but it is bound by one's faults. The more your faults you see, the freer you feel. There are some faults that have thousands of layers and therefore you have to see them thousands of times before they are removed. The mind, speech and body are filled with faults.
You should be able to see the faults of your mind, body and speech every passing moment. There cannot be a single body that is free of faults in this current time cycle. The rays of the light of the Self increase in proportion with the number of faults one sees. This Akram Gnan has been a unique attainment in this age. All you have to do is keep your awareness and discharge the baggage that you have brought with you from past life. You have to keep on washing your faults.
The awareness of the Self should constantly prevail. How can you make any progress if you keep the Self cover-up in darkness during the day? You will make progress as you begin to see your faults and wash them away. There is tremendous benefit in constantly remaining in Dadashri's Five Agnas (Dadashri's five divine dictates); it helps preserve the Self. For awareness, satsang (understanding and utilizing Gnan) and purusharth (application of Dadashri's Agnas) are necessary. To be in satsang one first needs to remain with the five Agnas.
If you remain unaffected by any loss or damage in your worldly life, then be assured that your drama of the worldly life is on its last and final stages. All you have to do is make sure that any abuses hurled at you in this drama of worldly life do not affect you.
No one would speak in your favor or against you if there
If you push down on one eye with your finger, do you not see double? Now whom can you blame for that? That is how it is with everyone in the world. They continue to make mistakes every minute that passes by. They are constantly absorbed in circumstances (par-samaya) that involve everything but the Self. They always have time for other things and never for the Self. Those who do not know the Self are in parsamaya. Only after realizing the Self, is one in the circumstances of the Self (svasamaaya).
People's vision has become flawed and consequently they see everyone else's faults except their own. You have to make your vision flawless. First you, yourself, become flawless (the pure Self) and then your vision turns flawless. You are liberated when you do not see faults in anyone.
Everyone is bound by his or her own mistakes. If one