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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God is not to be found amongst people who have rigid rules; He is to be found where there are no rules or regulations. He will even be amongst thieves provided they have no rules. It is because people have harmony amongst them that God will grace his presence there. Here in satsang with us, where there are no rules, people sit as they please, they sit comfortably because here every one is self-disciplined on their own accord. They become so disciplined that they do not need to have rules in place. Where there are no rules, rules are naturally conformed to.
Government makes laws, people make laws, communities make laws and so everyone is caught in the jaws of the laws. There should be no laws in religion. Those who get caught in the web of laws become trapped by the lawyers (who wear black robes). The black robes themselves tell you they are ill-omen.
One day the world will do away with laws. No courts! The courts have ruined everything. The black robes (lawyers and courts) have ruined everything. Excessive laws have turned everything to poison. Laws have to be reasonable and there should never be any laws in religion. So then why do we have Jains and Vaishnavs? How can you call yourself a Jain? How can you call yourself a Vaishnav? How can you say you have 'developed? Laws and rules are necessary for you only if you are foolish. They are not necessary for you, if you are cultured and developed. Jains do not need laws, they can discern all the laws from within. 'We' have allowed people to do whatever they please without any laws. 'We' have given them all the freedom.
A group of us had gone on a 38-day pilgrimage and there too, we had no laws. We did not have a rule that no one could fight or quarrel; everyone was free to fight with whomever they pleased. It was not as if 'we' encouraged anyone to fight, but neither did 'we' discourage anyone from doing so. If people fought, 'we' would simply observe them. They would get into
fights during the daytime and at night they would do pratikraman (asking for forgiveness as shown by Dada) in our presence. They would create 'stains' against each other and then wash them off. This is a pure vitarag path, and so we have to do 'cash' pratikraman (we should pay off our debts with 'cash' i.e. on-the-spot pratikraman for any mistakes we make and not leave any pending accounts). Here pratikraman is not done fortnightly or monthly but instantly, the moment faults occur. If laws and restrictions were imposed, people may not speak up but it will create confusion and entanglements within them. This Akram Gnan is such that we have no laws here. As long as 'we' are present, 'we' have given everyone the freedom of being without laws.
Everywhere in the world, the ascetics (sadhus and sanyasis) have laws and rules. They have to sit only in a certain way and do just certain things. Such rules cause sankalp and vikalp (determination and complications), whereas the Self is sahaj, it is natural and spontaneous. Rules and restrictions are bondage. People make rules in their companies or groups and these very rules cause bondage. Rules and restrictions are meant for those who want to go from yama i.e. self-control or selfrestraint towards niyam (rules and regulations and discipline). Yama is the first level and niyam is the second. We do not need laws to go to moksha. For moksha, we need to let the self be natural and spontaneous. When you let the self be natural and spontaneous, you will experience natural and spontaneous liberation from within too.
Here, there is no exchange of even a penny. We do not collect money for ghee for the arti (prayer rituals). We do not ask for money for printing books and yet it is amazing how everything functions and moves along. When you involve money in religion, it becomes a futile undertaking and for that you need to have laws, offices and endless anxieties. Just see how peaceful everyone is because there are no laws here. If you go