Aptavani 01

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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As long as there are doubts about the Soul and the reality, the worship of prakruti will continue. When one becomes free from all doubts about the pure Soul, only then does one become the Pure Soul. Only after that does new causal prakruti ceases to form.
The Garden Of Prakruti
in the world we find only worship of the prakruti, not the purush. I have not seen worship of the purush anywhere. The reward of worshipping the prakruti is worldly wanderings and the reward of worshipping the purush is liberation.
We as the Purush, as the Pure Self are completely independent but we are in bondage because of the prakruti. The prakruti and the regulator of this world' (vyavasthit shakti) run this world. God does not meddle in it at all. Once you become the Purush, your relationship with the prakruti comes to an end. Whatever occurs is because of prakruti and the one who has no attachment or abhorrence towards any event, is the Pure Soul. This Gnan is so wonderful that even if you were to get into a fight, you will not experience any attachment or abhorrence.
Prakruti Dharma : Purush Dharma
Every belief of 'I am this' or 'I am that' (vikalp) falls in the domain of the prakruti. The beliefs that have not occurred will not come in the prakruti.
You can distinguish a Patel, a Vanik or a Muslim, through their prakruti. The prakruti of the Vankik is thoughtful and prudent in nature. The Patels are considered bold and fearless; their prakruti is such that they will take off their opponent's head or sacrifice their own depending on the circumstances. The Muslim prakruti has a tendency towards insurrection. Actually prakruti differs form individual to individual. There is no limit to its differences and variations.
Whatever effect there is, whatever effective-prakruti there is, it is irrevocable. It can never be changed. Every father wishes that his son be exactly like him. Alas! Are you trying to turn your home into a garden or a farm? Everyone has different prakruti; they all bloom into different flowers. How is it possible for other plants to grow the same flowers as your own? If there were only roses in your home, would it be considered a garden? No, it would be a rose farm! Just as you have a wheat farm, you would have a rose farm. But here you have a jasmine, a rose, a frangipani and thoms too- you have a garden. Prakruti is a garden. People want roses but they do not like thorns. How can you have a rose without thorns?
When people plant a lemon tree, how is it nurtured? Through the elements of earth, air, light and sky. Do these nourishing elements have a sour taste in them? Do they have tart juices in them? No. But where did the tartness in the lemon come from? And where did the bitterness in each and every leaf and branch of the neem tree growing next to the lemon tree come from? Both the trees are nourished by the same elements, they both get equal amount of nourishment. Was the water bitter? No, so where did the differences come from? The bitterness and the tartness were inherent in the seed of each tree and thus in their corresponding fruits. The seed of the banyan tree is even smaller than a mustard seed and yet how vast is the tree born from it. The entire banyan tree with its leaves, branches and aerial roots exists as potential energy in a subtle form in its
The mind, speech and body are three components of the prakruti. All three are effective. As they manifest effects of past causes, because of prevailing illusion, new causes are created and this binds new causal prakruti, the effect of which is the effective prakruti, (manifest prakruti).