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[5] The Way of Akram Vignan
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(shakti).' It does not say, 'Do this. Do that.' Those who tell people, 'Do this...do that,' are at fault of leading people on the wrong path. Is, 'Do this,' to be found anywhere in this Gnan?
Questioner: There is nothing of the sort. It says, "Give me the energy.
Dadashri: But here they say, 'Do this...do this.' Hey, you! What should I do? You have done it and so have we. Nothing came out of it. And here we are saying, 'Dear Dada Bhagwan, Please give me the energy!' That is enough!
For so many millions of years, billion years, people of India have spoken spiritual language (adhyatma vani), but what is the definition of spiritual language?
Here people affirm, 'I did,' for that which 'happens' on its own.
Questioner: Why is there this increased artadhyan (adverse internal mediation confined to the self) in people today?
(100) Dadashri: All the misery today is due to that only. Every form of misery has arisen due to this. If it were to be openly declared to people that this portion is due to 'it occurs,' and that portion is under your will, then a significant amount of these miseries would be alleviated.
Now what do you have to do in all this? The answer is to improve whatever goes bad. You have to improve it with inner intent (bhaav). When something goes wrong, give your support to turn it around and be useful. That is all you have to do. Improve (with pratikraman) whatever goes bad.
Therefore, 'it occurs' (everything just occurs automatically and precisely as it should). If I suddenly insult someone, it is something that 'just occurred.' Then I improve it from within by saying, "It was wrong and I repent for the actions. I am asking
for forgiveness and I will not do it again.' That is called 'improving the situation. That is called relative spiritual effort (bhrantpurusharth); illusory spiritual effort
Real spiritual effort is nowhere to be found in the world, but this here is called illusory spiritual effort. The one who does wrong is the one who admits he did wrong, and he is the one who repents his actions.
Otherwise, the world has not even touched the real dharma - religion of the Self. No one has understood even a word of it. They believe that whatever is occurring is absolutely correct.
But there people say, 'He does not listen to me. He does not obey me!' Hey you! How will he listen and obey? Does anyone ever listen to anyone else? The other person has done everything. You have done everything. If you tell someone to do something and he does as you say, then you will get adjusted to the idea of, 'He listens to me and does what I tell him.' In reality, however, even he does not ever listen. All these things are things that have already occurred. The rehearsal for it has already been done and that is why 'we' call it vyavasthit. Why is that? Because it has already taken place. What is the point of looking at it? That which has already occurred is what we call 'vyavasthit.
One has to understand this but people keep talking about dharma-religion. These are good people; they are all important people, and no one can deny that. But what do you call 'a religion'? What do you consider sat dharma-true religion? They all sing the same old tune; has anyone said anything new? Should one not gain some benefit out of it? Should some change not be evident? We have done all this in our past lives). It is like milling milled flour and in the process you blow away some of the flour.
Man is not capable of doing anything. It is not his nature (swabhav) to do anything. The doer is another realm and