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the kusang that feeds you delicacies. Just an hour of kusang will destroy the effect of satsang of countless lives. It takes twentyfive years or so to grow trees in the jungles, but how long does it take to destroy the trees if there is a fire in the jungle? How much can the Gnani Purush do? He will carefully plant young saplings in the jungle everyday and he will nurture them. He will feed the saplings the water of satsang. But how long will it take for the fire of kusang to destroy the saplings? The highest punya is the one that will not let one encounter kusang. Do people in kusang demand that you keep affection (bhaav) for them? Your dealings with them should be superficial. Keep them at a 'hello' level (from afar; from a distance). The company of the ones who have attained Akram Vignan will lead you to final liberation (keval Gnan).
Satsang of the manifest Gnani In the satsang of this 'Dada', you are bestowed with the sang (company) of the pure Soul; it is the ultimate sang. Nothing but the absolute Gnan (keval Gnan) is what you are given here, but the influence of the current era of this time cycle is such, that it does not let this Gnan fully manifest; it does not let this Gnan attain completion to 360 degrees that is Keval Gnan.
'We have with 'us' the exactness of all 'we' have seen in this Gnan. You should ask the Gnani Purush whatever you have to, when you are blessed with the opportunity to meet Him. What a tremendous loss it is if you do not take advantage of that opportunity to get your work done! Gnani Purush is the one for whom nothing more needs to be known.
Satsang means to gather in order to observe the Gnani's vyavahar i.e. the Gnani's worldly interaction.
Questioner: Should we do bhakti (rituals of worship) in order to attain liberation?
Dadashri: When bhakti is done with the ultimate goal of
attaining the Soul, you will attain the instruments i.e. the Gnani.
Doing satsang with anyone who harbors even the slightest worldly desire will be useless if you want liberation. Such a satsang will be helpful if you want to be born in the celestial world. For liberation, you will need the satsang of the one who is absolutely free of all desires.
You should tell vyavasthit, "Give me time for satsang" then vyavasthit will bring about such circumstances, but if you don't ask, it will not
There is an ocean of infinite bliss within you, but you are caught up in a frenzy of grabbing temporary pleasures, and that too with deceit.
One way or another, the only thing worth doing is to remain in the satsang or otherwise stay at home. It is not advisable to touch kusang even for a moment; it is poison.
Your efforts should not be in vain; you should not waste your days. Make time to avail yourself to only satsang. If you are absorbed with this' satsang, then your work is done. The whole world is absorbed in kusang. One complains that he is not able to go to the temple, upashraya (gathering of ascetics) or vyakhyan (spiritual lectures); he even gets angry and says that he is not able to go even when he wants to. What is the reason for this? The answer is that he is immersed in kusang and that is why he is not able to go. And here for us all, we are filled with only satsang and the whole world is forgotten! Everything in life is mandatory, but there is no one with greater punya when satsang becomes mandatory for him! In addition, this satsang is beyond all that is the non-Self (alaukik). It is the real satsang Elsewhere in the world there is nothing but mandatory kusang Now satsang has become mandatory for you and that too sitting in the comforts of your own home!
There is tremendous danger if you vacillate (employ
