Aptavani 01

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

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expressed within me. One can only become omniscient when one becomes completely free from intelligence.
Types Of Intellect There are two kinds of intellect: (1) Right intellect (samyak buddhi). (2) Wrong intellect (viprit buddhi).
The right intellect is the intellect which is on the right path and this intellect can only be acquired when one becomes Selfrealized. Thereafter this intellect will show what is right. It will show things exactly as they are. Only rarely does one attain the right intellect.
The wrong intellect is always to be found in the absence of right intellect. Wrong intellect means it is wrong from the perspective of attaining liberation. It is the nature of wrong intellect to strengthen the foundation of worldly life and it will never help one towards liberation. The intellect wanders around only in the worldly life constantly assessing benefits and losses for the worldly life, never for liberation.
As one's intellect increases, so does one's internal suffering. If a mother of a two-year-old toddler is on her deathbed, he will not be affected. He will still be laughing and playing, whereas her twenty-year-old son will have so much internal suffering. As the intellect increases, so does the internal suffering. These laborers have no worries. They sleep soundly everyday, whereas these wealthy businessmen worry constantly. They do not even sleep soundly as night. Why? This is because they have greater intellect. Internal suffering is proportional to the amount of the intellect. The higher the intellect, the greater is the intemal suffering.
Where there is intellect, there will always be the ego of "I am the doer'. That is precisely why one worries. It is the intellect that keeps us separate from the Self.
Lord Krishna has referred to the intellect as vyabhicharini
(perverted) and says that it makes one wander endlessly in the worldly life.
Up to what point is the intellect necessary? The intellect is necessary up to the point one attains Self-Realization. The use of intellect should be limited to solving difficult life situations and preventing such situations. The intellect should never be used to earn money or to deceive others. There is grave danger in doing so.
Wealth comes to you because of your merit karma and not because of the use of your intelligence. The owners of these big factories and mills have no intelligence and yet abundant wealth comes their way. Their employees use a great deal of intellect. They are the ones who deal with all the tax officers and have to hear verbal insults of the tax officers, while the boss sleeps soundly and leisurely.
The Receptacle Of Intellect Life After Life
Every man is happy in his own home. A person that lives in a hut will not be happy in a bungalow and vice versa. The reason behind this is the 'receptacle' of the intellect. A person will only like whatever he has brought with him in the receptacle of intellect. Whatever one fills in the receptacle of his intellect in the past life, is divided into two categories : Fruits of merit karma, and fruits of demerit karma. Everyone divides up this receptacle of intellect. Of the total contents of this receptacle, they use up most of the percentage to acquire material wealth, nice home, a car and a family. This way they use up most of their fruits of their merit karma, leaving behind only one or two percent for spirituality and religion.
There are two thieves who steal. One gets caught and the other escapes cleverly. What does that indicate? They have brought with them intellect that prompts stealing, but for the one who gets caught, his demerit karma has come into effect and