Aptavani 02

SR No.: 007535
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 303
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 34 KB

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pratikraman. One should perform alochana, pratikraman and pratyakhyan with Dada as the witness, then the faults will be erased. Do pratikraman again, if you make the mistake again. Still, people will say, "He keeps making the same mistake over and over again and keeps doing pratikraman." Yes that verily is called sansar (the worldly life).
A red flag? Then stop! If someone shows you a red flag (an objection), the fault is yours. The world is not crooked; people wave a red flag because of your own mistakes. Therefore you should ask them, "Pardon me, did I do something wrong?" If someone tells me, "You were going to leave after ten days. Why are you leaving after only seven?" "We would clarify and explain four' situation to him and 'we' would leave only when he shows 'us' a green flag. Will you not have to accept your mistakes and destroy them? If no one else breaks those mistakes, you will have to do it yourself, will you not? No one shows 'us'a red flag and if they do, 'we' would inquire, "What is the matter? Why are you showing 'us'a red flag?" One gets upset when someone shows him a red flag. He will react, "Are you stupid or what? Why do you have to ruin things?" If someone shows you a red flag, it means there is something there. Even a small child can scold 'us'. People generally get angry with those who show them red flags, they call them stupid and all kinds of names. As if they are a bag full of sense! No one would pay a dime for their sense! 'We have always used less intelligence (buddhi) from the beginning. Gnani Purush is considered abuddha (without buddhi; without 'intellect'). People show you red flags because of your own mistakes. Once you explain everything to them, they will let you go.
True relative religion "We' will give the people of this world a very simple religious path. 'We will not give them chaos of complex rituals.
If a villager comes to me and 'we' tell him, "Speak the truth. Do not steal. Be kind. Don't do anything wrong", he will listen and then put it all aside. But if we tell him one thing, "My brother, do not create any entanglements," he would ask what 'we' mean by entanglement and 'we' would explain, "If you see a fruit you like growing in your neighbor's farm and you take it without asking anyone, then that is an entanglement (goonch). Do you understand?" He will then tell me, "Yes, now I understand what entanglement is. I will not create such entanglements from now on. I have created many such entanglements before."
He will then bring his wife to me and we will explain to her also, what an entanglement is. When the wife says, "Dada, he creates a lot of entanglements (gooncho) with me," 'we' will make her understand the exact nature of entanglements. Thereafter, whenever a circumstance for entanglement arises, they are bound to remember Dada and no more entanglements will ensue. 'We' tell them not to create any more entanglements and if they do, they must do pratikraman. They will understand the word 'entanglement'; they are tired of hearing the words, 'truth', 'compassion' do not steal.
'We' can explain the worldly religion (laukik dharma) in no time, but the religion of the Self (alaukik dharma) takes time.
Questioner : What can I do about the entanglements that have occurred and are not being solved?
Dadashri : Time entangles and time disentangles, but whose mistakes and entanglements are these? You caused the entanglement but when the time comes, the mistake will disentangle on its own. You are sitting with the One who has no entanglements at all, and therefore it is possible for all your entanglements to be disentangled too! But your entanglements will increase if you sit with someone who is filled with entanglements. That is a natural law. The entanglements that