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Aptavani-4
external and internal. Although one cannot attain the knowledge that is beyond the senses (atindriya), the sensory (indriya) knowledge is still there, is it not? There are many scholars of indriya-gnan, but there are no teachers or colleges for it.
What is the cause of anger, pride, deceit and greed?
What is the cause of matbhed? It is bhaavnindra. What causes a person to become angry? It is bhaavnindra. What is the cause behind someone's greed? It is bhaavnindra. Bhaavnindra will not allow one to grasp the message of liberation (updesha). When we become angry, we learn a lesson (updesha) from it: not to get angry over that incident again. But despite this, when anger does occur again, it is bhaavnindra.
Getting angry, or becoming greedy is all unawareness (ajagruti). The anger, pride, deceit and greed will decrease, as the unawareness (ajagruti) decreases, and the awakened awareness (jagruti) increases. Unawareness means that there is no repentance after the anger occurs. A person who repents after he becomes angry has a little awareness, but more unawareness. If someone realizes after becoming angry, that it was wrong, and then 'washes' it off with pratikraman (apology), then that would be some degree of awareness. But if one does not recognize one's anger at all, it is a state of unawareness. How can awareness be called awareness if it gives rise to the weakness of anger? Anger should not arise in any situation. Good awareness is one which pacifies anger. Real awareness (jagruti) however, is one that wards off any imminent anger. People do not have such awareness at all.
The one percent of awareness that remains in people at this time, is only at the navel. There is only a state of unawareness everywhere else. The open region at the navel (ruchak pradesh) constitutes the only level of awareness that human beings have. Otherwise, there is no awareness left whatsoever. Awareness is gone completely. Awareness that
| SR No. | 030034 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Total Pages | 480 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |