Aptavani 05

SR No.: 007536
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 131
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 22 KB

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All concepts about the Self that one has are simply imaginations. However, it is acceptable according to his understanding. He is enjoying what nature has arranged for him as per the laws of karmas. The knowledge of the Self found in the scriptures is sangnya gnan (knowledge by association) and it is indirect. If you attain the right direction from a Gnani, you will attain the conviction (pratiti) of the Self and eventually attain absolute knowledge (kevalgnan).
The Right to Attain Moksha Questioner: Does every human being have the right to attain moksha?
Dadashri: It is not a right of just humans; it is a right of every embodied Self Gjiva). This is because every embodied Self is looking for happiness in one place or another and in doing so, has wandered for countless lifetimes. One is looking for eternal happiness, which is moksha. This temporary happiness cannot be happiness. It is all an illusion (bhranti), a wrong belief. It is nothing but projection (aropit bhaav) of happiness on to external things. If happiness-pleasure is inherent in shrikhand (dessert made from yogurt) would you keep on eating it? Will it not cause problems if you eat too much of it? Therefore, there is no happiness in it. Happiness is proportional to the projection of the self.
Therefore every embodied Self has a right to moksha.
Questioner: To go forward on this path, one has to sit at the feet of the Gnani; is that so?
Dadashri: The Gnani himself is liberated and therefore He can liberate you. He does not dwell in any worldly things and therefore he can free you in every way. You become like the one you worship
Your ego will go away if you stay with the One who has no ego. Right now you may feel like staying with Dada but will
you not have to let the effects of past life karmas discharge? You will attain freedom as You deal with them. Your inner intent should always be that you want to remain at the feet of the Gnani. Then You will attain all the freedom. The ego will be freed.
Grab this Final Opportunity Questioner: What should one do if he does not meet a Gnani? Should he kill himself?
Dadashri: No. No one has said to do that, and no one can die even if he wants to.
Questioner: So what should the world do?
Dadashri: Nothing. Keep doing what you have been doing.
Questioner: There has not been any preacher (updeshak) who has showed us or told us, 'do this much if a Gnani is not around'.
Dadashri: Why are you looking for a preacher at this time? Kaliyug is here now. The current time is one when people get robbed and you are looking for a preacher in such a time? A time of complete darkness is around the corner. Can one expect to find a jewelry store open (at such a time)? You did not take any goods when the jewelry shop was open and now you are out to give those goods to others? Now the worldly life is going to go through tremendous pain and suffering. This 'Akram Science' is the final light of the way out. Blessed are those who gain from it and the rest have to hope for the best.
Extension of Life Span Questioner: If a mahatma (the one who has attained the awareness of the eternal) is 'sacchidanand swaroop'; if he has become brahmanishtha (absorbed in the Self), is it possible for him to extend his life?