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
Narsinh Mehta (renowned 15th Century Gujarati poet) who was a great thinker, did much critical analysis! Was he just any old Nagar (a Brahmin caste)? “Nagar child can never be weak’ (Nagar baccho kabhi na hoy kaccho) - He can never be feeble. He has done an incredible amount of analyzing. And then he said:
"Jaha lagi Atma tattva chinhyo nahi;
tyahaa lagi sadhana sarva joothi.” “Until you have attained the element that is Atma, all your efforts will have been in vain.”
So, he is telling us that his own efforts (sadhana) of attaining the Atma were wrong! So what does it mean to know the element that is the Atma (the Self)? It is to know 'What it is' and it is to know ‘What it is not' – that is called the element of the Atma (Atma tattva)! But if you only know, What is not’, then just that much would be enough for me. Because if you know "What is not, then “What is', is understood. And that which is understood, is true anyway, so if you do not know that, it is perfectly fine. However, you have to know this, 'What is not'. However, people have understood that, “What is’, and so they keep singing about it. Even while they are eating laddus (sweets)...can such thing happen? This is what has happened all along, which is why infinite lifetimes keep occurring.
'What Is Not'- How Do We Know This?
Questioner: Now regarding that negative side, can you explain how we are supposed to know the negative side?
Dadashri: I will explain all that to you on that day. At that time you will learn about all that negative. You will enjoy these talks better after that. That is when what I am telling you will reach you.
That is why I tell these people to go and find out “What