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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(prakruti) inherent nature of the non-Self that is making you *dance against your will.
Questioner: What is the relation between the mind and the body?
Dadashri: Everything of the body, these five senses and everything else, is under the control of the mind. If the mind tells the eyes, 'This is worth seeing,' the eyes will immediately look, and if the mind says, "No,' even if the eyes are looking, they will immediately look away. Therefore, the whole body is under the control of the mind.
Questioner: Many times the mind says that it does not want to see something and yet one sees it anyway. What is that?
Dadashri: Seeing is its nature so it will go ahead and see it, but if you decide that you do not want to look, it will not look there again. The sense organs (indriyas), due to their innate properties, will probe and taste. But when the mind says no, they will not do it again. Now You have to see who has the control over the mind. Who has the control over your mind?
Questioner: The intellect (buddhi). Dadashri: What does the buddhi do?
Questioner: It shows us the differences between good and bad.
Dadashri: Do things happen according to the decision of the intellect (buddhi)?
Questioner: No, they do not. Dadashri: Who has control over buddhi? Questioner: I do not know that. Dadashri: The ego! Who else! Mind, intellect, chit and ego are the four components of
the antahkaran. All these four have control over the body and that is why this illusion exists. Once the control comes into 'Your hands, then this problem will not remain; then Your subtle independent effort (purusharth) will begin.
Questioner: What should one do to get control of that?
Dadashri: The Gnani Purush will do all that for you. He who is liberated from all bondage can also free you. How can the one who is bound, free others? And the human beings of this Kaliyug (the current era of the time cycle characterized by lack of unity in thought, speech and acts) do not have enough energy to become free on their own. What are the humans of this Kaliyug like? They have all slipped spiritually and have come here in the current time cycle. And for those who have slipped, it is not possible for them to go up again on their own. Therefore, they have to have the help from a Gnani Purush.
Concentration Comes with Interest
Questioner: Dada, I cannot maintain concentration (ekagrata) on God.
Dadashri: When you go to buy vegetables or a sari, do you concentrate on that?
Questioner: Yes, I can. That is because of infatuation due to illusion (moha).
Dadashri: And you do not have interest in liberation (moksha) and God. That is why you cannot maintain concentration (ekagrata) there.
There was a very beautiful lady whose husband was very unattractive. One day I asked her in confidence, 'Your husband is very unattractive; does he keep your attention completely?' She said to me, "My husband is very dear to me.' Now an unattractive husband can become dear to her but God does not become dear to her. Is that not a wonder?