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Whatever faults you begin to see, will depart. Those that are sticky may take anywhere from a few days to even a year, but once you see them, they begin to leave quickly. How long will a burglar remain in a house he has broken into? He will remain in the house as long as the owner is unaware of his presence but will run away as soon as the owner discovers his presence.
Do not see or focus on anyone's faults or shortcomings. If at all you want to see faults, see your own. How closed and tense the mind becomes when you see faults in others and how happy you feel when you see their virtues?
See no faults of others and correct your own. No one will speak ill of you unless it is your own account from the past.
Now if you ask them how many of their faults still remain, they say only a few! They claim that they really do not have any faults as such, except occasionally they get angry or greedy. So you question why do they sing, "Full of infinite faults I am, O compassionate one?" and their reply is that they have to sing whatever the words say but they insist that they definitely do not have many faults. Goodness gracious! Now they have started deceiving even God. The Lord has said a person can achieve liberation in a matter of three hours if he has only two faults! Even if you ask the prominent monks and acharyas (preceptors) how many faults they have, they will claim they have only two or three faults. With only that many faults they will achieve liberation within three hours. It is because of their faults they remain here. And yet if you ask them to point out faults in others, they will show you countless faults but none of their own. Everyone knows how to see faults in others, however one is able to see one's own faults only after achieving SelfRealization. It is only then that one develops non-partiality towards one's self. Had you learned to see your own faults, you would have achieved liberation by now or at least you would have become like a Gnani Purush.
In reality, no one is at fault - it is the effect of the current time cycle. Everything happens according to the circumstances that come about, so how can you blame anyone?
Whatever faults you begin to see within yourself will depart. With the blessings of the Gnani Purush, you begin to see your own faults. First will come the realization that you are full of infinite faults and so you will start to look for them and you will be able to see them. Failure to see your faults is due to spiritual apathy (pramad). However once you come to know that infinite faults lie within you, you will automatically begin to see them. What happens if a burglar breaks into a deaf person's home? The owner would not hear the burglar no matter how much
The Lord has said that real man is he who can find even one of his mistakes. Real is the man who discovers his own mistake and brings a halt to his endless wanderings in the dense wilderness of the world created by his mistakes. He who shows you your mistakes is a super human' in the Lord's language.
You can find everything in this word, except your own mistakes. That is why you need a Gnani to shed light on your mistakes. The Gnani Purush alone has a unique and undisputed spiritual authority to show you your mistakes and to make you aware of them. And only then do those mistakes go away. When can this occur? This will occur when you come in contact with the Gnani Purush who makes you impartial; the goal is achieved when you develop a sense of impartiality, even towards yourself. Unless and until the Gnani Purush awakens you to your real Self, you cannot develop this sense of non-partiality. Gnan does not see faults in anyone, whereas intellect (buddhi) sees faults in everyone. It does not spare even one's own brother.
