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(mithyatvi) people, yet their dhyan (inner state) changes completely.
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The Lord has said that no conflicts prevail in dharmadhyan. Money may increase or decrease, but one should be free of conflicts. It is hard to find a home where there are no conflicts. Differences of opinions are considered conflicts and where there is conflict there is the worldly life. He, whose conflicts are destroyed, is considered to have come into the state of Godhood.
Conflicts start out small and then turn into major ones. Conflicts and differences of opinion really waste the human life away; a life that is earned with great difficulty. Whatever amount of time one spends in conflicts is the amount of time one binds for a life in the animal kingdom. A person of virtue will not bind a life in the animal kingdom.
Bhagwan is the one without clash
Questioner: What if someone clashes with us even when we do not want to?
Dadashri: Yes, that is how the world is. That is why 'we' tell you to find yourself such a 'cave' that no one knows about and no one can find. Otherwise, people will track you down no matter where you are and clash with you. In the end, even the mosquitoes will come in the night and trouble you. They will not leave you in peace. Having attained this human life, if you do not want to regress into a lower life form (adhogati), then do not allow clashes to occur with anyone. Once you destroy your own clashes and help others do the same, you will attain a status where people will look upon you with reverence (lokpujya).
The atma (soul, the Self), itself is parmatma (fully enlightens Self), hence it is lokpujya (worthy of reverence by all), but even the pudgal (the relative self; the physical
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manifestation) is also worthy of reverence, provided one loses all traces of inner clash (kashaya, arta or raudradhyan). When one no longer has any inner clash, and when others do not incite any clash within him, then that relative-self too becomes worthy of worship. It is fine if all other bhaav remain but clash (kalushit bhaav) should not arise. When you do not have any clash within or towards anyone else, you become worthy of worship. What did 'we' discover within us? What was within 'us' that left? Why is this body revered (lokpujya) by others? It is because 'we' constantly remain in the Self, but also all traces of conflicts (kashays) have vanished from this body. That is why this body is revered. Only the inner clash (kalushit bhaav) has vanished but otherwise this body enjoys eating, drinking and even wearing good clothes and yet it is worthy of worship and respect. That is the wonder of this time cycle, is it not? This is the eleventh wonder called asanyati puja, worship of a householder.
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This path of Akram Vignan is such that it is possible to get rid of all tendencies towards conflict. Not only will conflict vanish within you, but because of you, others too will not have conflicts. The one who comes seeking conflict will be pacified because you are without any clash. The entire inner intent of the other person will change. This 'house' (the physical body) is never with conflict but it appears that way because of your own tendencies to clash (kashays, kalushit bhaav). Then you will say you do not like this 'room.' Once you project your own clashing tendencies (kalushit bhaav) into anything, it becomes tainted and spoilt.
This world is such that one's relative self can be worthy of worship if his tendency towards clash (kalushit bhaav) goes away. Then it does not matter whether he is a Muslim, Jain or Vaishnav. An oliya (Muslim priest) becomes worthy of worship and respect because these clash tendencies have decreased significantly. Nevertheless that is a natural trait within him, which he attains on his path of progression and development.
