Aptavani Shreni 08

SR No.: 030038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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Aptavani-8
Bringing an End to the Ego, The Vitarag Way
Questioner: So when the Atma enters the human lifeform for the very first time, it needs to be very alert at the time.
Dadashri: But to stay alert, that power is not in its hands. It encounters all the circumstances (saiyogo), and according to the circumstance, it then becomes entangled itself. Everyone has the same entanglements. But, if a person were to know his own ego (ahamkar), himself, and still he did nothing to reduce it, then you should know that he is deliberately trying to become entangled.
Questioner: I used to think that every Atma does not have the same scope, so that one Atma would go to final liberation (moksha) quickly, while another would go to final liberation much later. So then, does it all depend on luck?
Dadashri: No. That is not luck. When one takes birth in the human form; it happens due to circumstances. When it takes birth for the first time, here in the human form, that birth will be one that, nothing will hurt it on its way to final liberation. But that all depends upon, in which way it turns the ego (ahamkar).
If one takes birth in a family of thieves, and if he does not turn the ego around himself, then nothing is accomplished. That is because being born human, gives one the right! So he has become the doer (karta) of ego (ahamkar). But, if he does not turn the ego around on his own, then there is nothing. Birth can take place anywhere, and under any circumstance, but in which direction do we guide the ego (ahamkar); just as a ship would use a compass to navigate with, even in this, you need to employ a compass. This means that the way to keep the ego would be to say, 'I have to run this now, so I must be careful. I have to take this direction very slowly'. From the time of birth into the human life-form, you yourself have to steer the ego. Once human birth is attained, this is how you have to guide the ego.