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One likes or dislikes certain events but really both are events and they are the same. But he likes comfortable situations and dislikes uncomfortable ones. In an inconvenient circumstance he will say, "Why has this person come to have tea here?" and if the circumstance is convenient he will force the visitor to have tea even if the visitor has no desire to drink it. What is the root cause behind this? Why does he say this is good and this is bad? It is because of the illusion (mithya drashti); he has the wrong perspective. People have absolutely no awareness of what is right and what is wrong because of this illusion.
In this world, there is only the Self and the sanyog (circumstance). In this the circumstances are infinite. The circumstances cloud and color the Self. Let me explain how. There is a diamond which gives out white light; the reflected light which comes out of it looks white. Now if we place a piece of red cloth underneath it, the diamond would appear red and if you put green cloth under it, it would appear green. The Soul is just like the diamond; it reflects whatever circumstances come before it. If anger arises within, it becomes 'hot' but in reality the Self is pure (Shuddhatma) and is never affected, colored or tainted. When oil and water are mixed, the two never become one even when stirred endlessly. In the way the Self is immiscible. In the countless past lives, the Soul has never been cut, it has never been squashed - whether it has taken a form of a snake or a cat, whatever form it has been present in the Self has not been spoilt even in the least; only the physical form has changed.
Some prefer the daytime and some the nighttime but both are circumstances and both are relative. Because there is night there is value for the day and because of the daytime there is value of the night
The vitarag Lords say, "These are all circumstances and the other is the Self, there is no third one besides these two."
Also there is no such thing as good, bad, right or wrong. Vyavasthit says, "No one has any control to change any circumstances. It is merely and only an account from the past." The vitarag Lords say all circumstances are the same. Whether something comes to you or is taken away from you, it is all the same. But this is where the intellect interferes. You only have to remain as the knower and the seer of all circumstances. All these circumstances have a natural end. When the circumstance of coming together (sanyog) ends, the circumstance of dissipation (viyog) begins and it will come to its natural end.
The nature of all sanyog is that all will come to a definite end (viyog). Any circumstance that arises will dissipate when the time comes. Even if you want it to stay, it will not. When the time comes, all circumstances will dissipate but during unpleasant circumstances, people become impatient, 'He is still here? When will he go?' and two minutes will seem like ten minutes. Waiting makes time go slower. All circumstances definitely have an end.
The Self must not get involved in any circumstance (sanyog); the Self is simply the knower and observer of it. We should neither fight with circumstances nor should we sit with them. Whatever comes your way, all you have to say is 'Go to Dada'. Every circumstance is constantly changing and the Self is completely separate from the circumstance. Thoughts that spring forth are circumstances, it is an illusion to become one with them and get carried away with them. All you have to do is simply know the thoughts.
If ever a circumstance of fear arises for a person, he will withdraw into 'cave' of the Self and will thus have the experience of the Self. A little child would not part with his toys and if you try to take them away, he will throw a fit. But if he sees a cat comes, he will leave everything behind and run away in fear. If a person who has attained the Self has to face a terrifying circumstance, he will have the complete experience of
