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Aptavani-4
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If one were to even think about what is beneficial and what is not, in what he has to take with him into his next life, it would be more than enough.
Where the Gnani Is Awake, the World Is Asleep
Questioner: Lord Krishna has said, 'Where the world is awake; I sleep, and I am awake; where the world 'sleeps'.' I do not understand that statement. Please explain that.
Dadashri: The world is awake in worldly matters; that is where Krishna (the Self) 'sleeps', and where the world is 'asleep' (in the matters of the Self), Krishna is awake. Eventually, one will have to come into this spiritual awareness (adhyatmik jagruti). Worldly awareness is the awareness through ego (ahamkari jagruti): awareness without ego (nirahamkari jagruti) is moksha.
Restlessness Is the Cause of Misery
Humans have two kinds of awareness: one is the awareness of stillness (sthirata), and the other is the awareness of restlessness (chanchalata). Man has sunk deep into the awareness of restlessness, but he has not attained even one percent of the awareness of stillness. Some have ten percent, some have fifteen percent, some have twenty percent, and some have thirty percent awareness of restlessness. Awareness of restlessness leads one to an animal life-form; whereas the awareness of stillness will take one to moksha.
Awareness that increases stillness, is real awareness. In America, people have become very restless; they are suffocating in terrible misery. Their pain (dukh) will not go away, even through lamentation or suicide. Such are the pains one is giving rise to. They are caught in their own web. Before long, people will start to complain. At the moment they are doing a lot of egoism. As the restlessness increases, one's entrapment increases. What can they do when the restlessness occurs? If there is no
| 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 |