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Dadashri : The mind is a boat; it can take you to moksha and it can also make you wander aimlessly in the worldly life. When can it take you to moksha? That boat will take you to moksha when you meet a Gnani Purush, because until then the boat will not have a compass. Your mind becomes steady and peaceful in His presence, so then imagine how wonderful and peaceful His mind must be! The Gnani's mind, intellect, chit and ego are all wonderful. He has ego too, but his ego is wonderful it is not a crazy ego. His ego is beautiful. If one human being has that much energy, then how much would another have? The same, however that energy has not manifested in you. When can it manifest? It can manifest only when one finds a savior; the Gnani Purush.
In Baroda a woman asked me, "Dada, all my life I have done good to others and yet why do I not find any peace of mind? Why do I still have so much inner turmoil and anguish no matter how much I connect with God?” She asked me a question that is in my realm to answer. She asked a very profound question. People get caught up and lost in these two lanes of life. The lady had made a wonderful deduction indeed.
All worldly religions entertain the mind (manoranjan), whereas, here with the Gnani Purush there is eternal bliss of the Self (atmaranjan). In the former there is experience of excitement and pleasure, but not bliss. Where the mind settles and becomes still that is the religion where one has to sit and listen. What is the point of listening to the religion, which excites the mind and gives temporary pleasure: when it makes one feel good transiently? It is only worthy if it produces even the slightest of change within (decrease in kashays). One has listened to discourses and preachings in the Jain upashrayas all his life of eighty years, and yet he experiences no change from within, so what's the use? That is called manoranjan; there is no stillness of the mind. In atmaranjan, in addition to the bliss of the Self, the mind too becomes steady and calm, like ice-cream,
even though on the outside it may be boiling over. How can atmaranjan be found anywhere outside of this satsang? One can attain it only if he comes here to the Gnani Purush. The moment one comes here, one can palpably feel, 'now my time for liberation has come and that is why he is delighted. A prisoner will be delighted if you tell him he will be released in a few days even though he remains in captivity. Similarly, here one experiences atmaranjan. Here, you have to listen to every word very carefully in minute detail. Even just one word of the Gnani can take you to moksha.
Mind is the world This body has no real relation with the Self. The mind is the whole world and that is why you feel pain when you hurt others and pleasure when you make others happy. The mind is the world. The mind will be pleased if you give pleasure to others. When you make others happy, you will not receive unhappiness even if you ask for it. The mind is the world; you get what you give. Kavi says, "Manmandir na anganiyama kalptaru ugiya re', meaning in the courtyard of the temple have grown, kalptaru (wishing tree): a tree with power to satisfy all desires." Therefore if you want worldly comforts, do not give others what you do not like yourself. Only you know what you do not like, so do not give to others what you do not like. There are many other pains beyond what you consider painful, but there is no greater fool than you if you give to others what you consider painful. Then how can you find pleasure? Is there not a difference between giving knowingly and unknowingly?
If a child breaks something valuable, is he likely to be as upset? And what if the father breaks it? The Father will be unhappy. So do not give to others what you consider painful, and then you will be happy. You do not need to read scriptures in order to be happy.
Even the one who does not have Gnan would understand
