Aptavani 01

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

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why then do you still have a sour face? It is because of the atkan and your sensitiveness. A sensitive person becomes one with his sensitive ego and that is why he or she becomes upset for prolonged periods and feels no zest in life.
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Know where you slip. Why do you see darkness when you are walking on an illuminated path - a path illuminated by Gnan? It is because of your atkan and sensitiveness. By merely becoming aware of and knowing about this sensitive quality, the sensitiveness within will disappear. Whatever baggage you have brought with you will indeed exhaust itself just by your knowing and observing it, so remain the Knower and the Observer. This process will destroy all atkan but sensitiveness will not leave easily. When you become sensitive, electricity is produced within the body, and these sparks kill many small life forms within. However if you maintain an unwavering awareness, nothing will stand in the way and your accumulated baggage will dissipate. It is so simple and yet this baggage of atkan and sensitiveness has taken hold over you.
Antahkaran: How It Functions
(Antahkaran : Inner complex of mind, chit, ego and intellect)
Why does one's wandering in the world continue? It is because the self *answers the telephone calls' in the antahkaran, that were meant for the mind, the chit, the intellect or the ego. This is interference. You are to simply know and observe the duties and the workings of the mind, intellect, chit, and the ego. 'You' should not answer anyone's call. 'You' are the Knower and the Observer of what the eyes, ears, nose etc. are doing. If you answer the call of the mind, the chit or any other components, conflicts will arise. So do not answer someone else's call, let them answer their own calls.
Have you ever investigated to see what happens to the
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food you eat in the stomach or the intestines? Every part of the body carries out its own natural function. One would not be able to hear if the ears did not carry out their natural function or smell anything, good or bad, if the nose did not carry out its own function. Similarly, you have to check to see whether the mind, the intellect, the chit and the ego are functioning according to their own nature or not. There is no problem if You, the Self, remain in your own pure state, the Shuddhatma state. If the antahkaran carries out its natural function i.e. the mind shows different pamphlets, the chit shows the scenes, the intellect makes the decisions, the ego endorses that decision and the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) remains in its natural state as the Knower and the Perceiver, then everything is fine. Every component is indeed in its own inherent natural state. All you have to do is to know whether any of these components are functioning properly and if not, then how to restore them to their natural state. Instead people claim doership; 'I thought about it', 'I am speaking', 'I am doing everything'. Even the arms and legs carry out their natural function and yet people say, 'I am walking'. They are merely expressing their ego and what is more they believe the ego to be their self. Herein lies the confusion.
Can you not tell when the nature of the mind becomes spoiled? Surely you can. If an old lady were to come to your home and nag you all whole day long for fifteen days, you will get used to her if you do not get into a conflict with her. Similarly you have to become used to the constant bombardment that goes on in your mind. As it is, your inability to look at the mind has resulted in your inability to recognize what kind of a bomb is detonating within. All kinds of ammunition have become mixed up. You believe that they are harmless sparklers but they detonate like firecrackers. Similarly the mind is full of all different kinds of things and they detonate accordingly. But just like your dealings with the old lady, if You do not interfere with the mind, then You