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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over again. But when it comes to turning the rosary you are slack. That is why the Lord says, "Where I am involved, if you have flaws on the outside, you will also have flaws on the inside. You will experience anxieties day and night." Akram Vignan : Bhakti begins after liberation
Questioner : Why have the saints always asked for bhakti? Why did they not ask for liberation (mukti)?
Dadashri : If you look at it, there is no difference between bhakti and liberation (mukti). Bhakti is what these mahatmas here are doing of the Gnani Purush. It means to have absolute humility for the Gnani Purush and bhakti is to please the Gnani and acquire his approval (rajipo). Rajipo does not mean that you have to massage his feet or ritually worship him, but it is to maintain absolute humility towards Him. Here these mahatmas (those who have received Self-realization) are not looking for liberation; all they want to do now is bhakti of the Gnani Purush. I have given them liberation within an hour; do you now have to ask for liberation from me (addressing a mahatma)?
Questioner : No Dada.
Dadashri : Once I have given you liberation, what more do you need? Only once you have to ask for Rs. 99,999.99'! Liberation has been granted to you, so what else remains now? Only bhakti! This is the 'Akram path' and the world has the 'Kramic path' The Kramic path means first you have to do bhakti, and then you will achieve liberation, whereas in the Akram path, there is liberation first and then there is bhakti. Today, people go to do bhakti without liberation, so how would that bhakti last? How can they do bhakti when they have a thousand different kinds of worries and anxieties within? Those who attain liberation first, are sitting here blissfully. You have to sit blissfully just as these people here. Why are they sitting so blissfully without any desire to leave? It is because they are
liberated. Did that answer your question? All your questions should be answered here. 'You' and 'I' (pure Self) are the same, but to you we are separate and different. I do not see any difference. The difference is perceived by the divisive intellect (bheda buddhi). You still have the divisive intellect; you still have the belief 'I am Chandulal' do you not? Is your divisive intellect gone?
Questioner : No, Dada.
Dadashri : That is why you will continue seeing the division. As long as it is there, you will see the division: 'He is different and he is different' Mine is a non-divisive intellect; I am' your Self, I am this man's Self, 'I am' his Self. 'T' reside in everyone so where is the reason for any conflict with anyone?
God's address Dadashri : Who runs your home? Questioner : God.
Dadashri : Where does he live? At least tell me his address!
Questioner : .......... (No response)
Dadashri : What good is your bhakti without an address (without knowing where and who God is)? It is fine if you have not seen him but you have to have an address. You do not even know the street number. Is he married or a bachelor? If he is married then he is bound to have an old mother; there is bound to be an elderly lady in his home. In God's home there would be no deaths. So how many relatives would there be in his home? But that is not the way it is. This cannot be the reality of the world. Only a Gnani Purush knows the truth and so he can tell the truth. The world is the puzzle itself; no one has created this world. It has come to exist by itself. Through science you can understand that sodium bursts into flames when it is thrown