Aptavani 01

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

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It can be called living (jiva) but not pure life, the Self (chetan). My mahatmas have acquired the state of pure life i.e. it cannot be called the pure Self (shuddha atma). Your body is nischetan chetan and 'You' are pure consciousness.
Until you realize your state of pure consciousness, you are nischetan chetan and so is evervone else. whether it be an ascetic, a saint, sadhu (saint) or a sanyasi (recluse). Human beings, animals, trees, souls in hell and celestial beings are all nischetan chetan and therefore they are all 'tops'. As long as you have not realized your pure Self, as long as you have not encountered a Gnani Purush to help you realize your pure Self, you are nischetan chetan.
I am the Lord of the universe wielding no ownership or authority because I am pure consciousness in the manifest human form.
Whatever the situations or circumstances, they are all nischetan chetan and the real You is pure consciousness. Every circumstance is to be observed and known and must be immediately settled without any raag or dwesh (sambhaav, equanimity). You should know how to bring about a quick resolution to all circumstances because if you get caught in any of them, you will have suffering and lose joy. Nishchetan chetan is under the control of some other entity. In nishchetan chetan there is internal and external turmoil, mental agitation and restlessness and anxiety (aadhi), physical ailment (vyadhi) and externally induced problems (upadhi); whereas in pure Chetan there is bliss and samadhi (absence of adhi, vyadhi and upadhi). It is the nishchetan chetan that experiences worries and anxiety but because one believes the nischetan chetan as being one's real identity, worries ensue. That which endures suffering created through the mind, physical ailments or suffering imposed by others, is all nischetan chetan. Speaking from the perspective of
the Self - Gnan, there is no life outside the Self. All are nischetan chetan, whoever or whatever they may be. In the term 'nischetan chetan', 'nischetan' is the adjective. In the term lifeless life, lifeless' is the adjective.
It is out of illusion that one says 'I am Chandulal'. The real T is the pure Self but one imposes himself to be where he is not, hence nischetan chetan, lifeless life, continues to arise. Until this illusion is destroyed, one has to live as the falsely imposed state of 'Chandulal'. Once the awareness of 'I am pure Soul' is established, then the lifeless - nischetan, can never become one with the pure Self. The pure Chetan can only be understood when one acquires the pure Self, and only then does one become free from the responsibility of the ensuing consequence of the state of doership, which is creation of new karma.
As the karmas unfold, those who identify themselves with the nischetan chetan continue to become free from their liability from past life but at the same time they also create new liability for the next life.
Desire
Desire is a burning fire. It will not extinguish until the desire is fulfilled. The Lord has said that desire is an obstructing karma. The only desire worth having is a desire for liberation and for a Gnani Purush; such desires will not cause any obstructions. All other desires will continue to scorch you. They are fire-incarnate. People look for water to put it out but instead, end up putting petrol (kashaya) over it. Even before a single desire is fulfilled, another one springs up. They keep coming, one after another, in succession. The natural law says that whatever desires you have will certainly be fulfilled, but nothing will be accomplished by constantly thinking about them. On the contrary it causes more entanglements. The desires that come