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from the Gnani Purush, so that one will not encounter any problems later
Influx and discharge of thoughts
If too many thoughts arise within and one remains engrossed in them, then it causes inflow of karma (ashrav) which creates bondage (bandha). If one remains the knowerseer (gnata-drashta) of the thoughts, then the karma will discharge (nirjara) and there is blockage against an inflow (samvar) of new karmic matter. Everyone has thoughts. Tubers of thoughts that one has interest in can explode like untimely bombs. They may do so even at three in the morning, and some may even wake you up before they sprout. Even with dreams, no matter what, you will be awakened first. It all takes place in a sequence. When the circumstance is right and the tuber of something you like sprouts, and when you read it and become one with it, then karmas will bind you. However, if you read it but let it pass, it will not come back again. Thoughts come from the mind and they are completely separate from You, but you become one with them (tanmayakar). Atmadharma is to remain as the Self and not become one with the thoughts. Tubers of thoughts sprout when circumstances arise. These tubers can be of greed or sex and they can be small or large; there are all kinds of tubers. Those in which you have an undue interest will be large and will produce many thoughts. You have to keep 'observing them if you want to dissolve them. These are thoughts, which are possible to read. One remains tanmayakar with thoughts he likes and when unpleasant thoughts arise it instantly becomes evident that he is separate from them.
Clean mind in unpleasant situations
When all that is unpleasant, is tolerated by a clean mind then one will become a vitarag.
Questioner : What is a clean mind?
Dadashri : A clean mind is to not have any negative thoughts about the other person. It means not to attack the nimit (the person instrumental in the discharging of one's karma, unfolding in this life). The mind is cleansed when a negative thought is washed off with instant pratikraman.
Questioner: A clean mind is the ultimate stage, is it not? And until one reaches that stage of absolute cleanliness, he has to keep doing pratikraman, does he not?
Dadashri : Yes, that is true. But the mind can be clean in some aspects and not in others, these are stepping-stones. Pratikraman is needed where it is still dirty.
'We used to think about the meaning of every word in this world, from the very beginning. 'We did not have Gnan in the beginning, but 'we' had the highest level of intellectual development (vipulmati), whereby the moment something was said, 'we' would immediately have an accurate assessment of it from all perspectives. The minute anything was discussed, 'we' would have an instant analysis and understanding of the essence of whatever was being discussed. That is called vipulmati. No one has this quality and the fact that it has happened 'here' is an exception. Where can you find vipulmati in the world? It is where one adjusts everywhere. Here in worldly matters, 'one boils what is to be eaten raw (salad), and cuts for salad what is to be boiled (potato). 'How will this help in adjusting? One has to adjust everywhere.
Who inspires action? Questioner: Who or what is the inspiration behind an action?
Dadashri : Inspiration is the effect of the causes of past life. Inspiration comes from thoughts of the mind. Whatever activity one carries out, it is not done by the Self. It is pratishthit atma, the relative self or the charged self, created from the past
