Aptavani 06

SR No.: 007537
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation
Publication Year: 2008
Total Pages: 161
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Akram Vigyan
File Size: 25 KB

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life force mishra chetan), 'I am Chandulal'? (Mishra chetan; mishra - mixed, chetan - life force.)
Dadashri: If it touches, You have to see that.
Questioner: But what if that has an effect on us?
Dadashri: You have to see that too! What is the job of the light? It is to see.' Whether there is a hill, mud, water, stench, even bushes, it goes into them and comes out; but none of these things affect the light. If this light is like that, then how wonderful the light of the Self must be!
are crooked and obstinate such as we are?
Dadashri: No, they have only come from the human form. The poor things remain in touch with humans. They are the daughters of our own relatives from the past life! And the dog that barks in our home, too, is our own relative from our past life that has come here!
Questioner: Does an embodied soul (jiva) take birth instantly upon death?
Dadashri: Instantly. It takes no time. No one is out there to give life or take it away.
Questioner: So, it is on autopilot; everything is happening by itself (swayam sanchalit)?
Dadashri: Yes, it is all happening on its own by its own nature. Just as it is the nature of water to flow downward, no matter what you do, nothing will change that nature.
Questioner: The non-Self complex of thoughts, speech and actions (prakruti) is such that some are very elated and some are very depressed.
Dadashri: All the prakrutis need to be seen only. The light from the car's headlight will 'touch' (shine upon) the mud, filth and the stench of a dirty creek, but nothing will touch the light. The light will 'touch the mud as it moves forward, but the mud will not "touch' it; neither will the creek's dirty water and stench. Nothing will touch the light. We need not harbor any fear that the light (Self knowledge) will become tainted with 'mud, 'stench' or 'water. Now, if the light from a car's headlight is like this, just imagine how brilliant and unaffected the light of the Self would be! The Soul is just in the light form. It illuminates everything.
Questioner: We have become one (tanmayakar) with our non-Self (prakruti), then does the dirt not touch our mixed
If you are driving in the dark without lights, you will not know how many insects are crushed and killed, but when you turn on the lights, you will see how many bugs collide with the car. It is because of the light that you are able to see. Does that mean that they were not colliding before you turned the lights on? They were. Those who have not received Gnan do not see this, but we do because we have the light-Self-knowledge. We get worried and concerned because we can see, whereas they do not worry. This is how the world works.
Questioner: But everyone will have to come to this level of concern, will they not?
Dadashri: After entering the world of recurring, externallyinduced problems and resultant suffering (upadhi), one seeks out the path of freedom from external problems; liberation (nirupadhi). But how can one find a way out of the problem of upadhi when he has not come into the problem, when he does not see it as upadhi? He has to understand that he has entered the world of suffering (upadhi).
One has to understand this only once. This external light does not touch anything and it is because of the light that you can see the insects colliding; otherwise, you could not see anything. Therefore, once you understand, then there is no problem or