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**Steadfast Vision:** “g tension” — all the rest is *upaplap*
(485) It is on the *upaplap* and it is *upaplap* in nature. *Upaplap* means chaos, disaster, all the rest is calamity, misfortune, fear, anxiety, agitation, inauspiciousness, planetary influence, etc. Whatever is experienced or influenced by anything other than pure knowledge, that is truly *upaplap* in nature. Just as a city is thrown into chaos by the invasion of an enemy, chaos spreads, agitation pervades, destruction occurs, wealth is looted, and there is no end to the calamity; similarly, by the invasion of external objects, *upaplap* arises in this conscious being's conscious city, producing a contraction in the form of self-awareness, ignorance spreads like chaos, the treasure of the soul's knowledge, vision, and other virtues is looted, and there is no end to the calamity of endless transmigration. The proverb "The outsider enters and causes destruction" is true here!
"The outsider enters and causes destruction, I believe this proverb is not false." — Shri Shantasudharas.
This influence of karma, etc., is external, truly! It is "external" because it acts like an enemy, it is the enemy of the soul's emotions. The soul has nothing to do with it in terms of its true nature. But due to the influence of the endless past, it becomes attached to it by identifying with it. It goes so far as to become intoxicated with the results of external objects, it is stained by the color of external objects, it is dyed by the color of external objects, and it becomes a consumer and protector of the external, becoming attached to external objects! It is from this color of external results that this being experiences endless suffering. Therefore, this invasion of the external cycle, which is in the form of external influence, is truly *upaplap* in nature, it is a disaster, it is a calamity, it is misfortune, it is a hindrance, it is inauspicious, it is a planetary influence, it is chaos.
External results, intoxication, external color, stained, external consumer, protector, attached to external objects... "I pray to the Lord who protects the world." — Shri Devchandraji.
"There is only one breath, the sign of pure knowledge." — Shri Arsha Vachan.
But the one who has received the light of pure knowledge, the being with right vision, feels that the eternal soul with the characteristics of knowledge and vision is the only reality, the rest is external, it is external to the self, it has nothing to do with the self, there is no connection. Understanding this, he abandons external results and embraces self-results, becoming absorbed in the glory of the pure essence of the self, the true nature, he cuts off the taste of external objects, which are like poison, and becomes strong and healthy by partaking of the taste of his own true nature.