Aptavani 02

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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ascetic in his subsequent life. In this manner, he has spent countless lifetimes just wandering back and forth. However, he would attain liberation if he were to attain the knowledge of the Self. For this he needs to find a Gnani Purush, who will burn all his sins in the fire of knowledge and bestow upon him the state of the Self. Only then can he say, "I am pure Soul." He cannot say this without attaining the Self from the Gnani Purush. Without the realization of the Self in this manner, merely saying the words would be of no use and may even harm him. That would be mere knowledge of words.
This life is a balance sheet of one's countless past lives. Nevertheless, his experiences have not been in vain, his experiences do come in use. Once a person falls in a ditch, he will be very alert if he comes across another one. Experiences are actually teachers
Here you have to get your work done and then go to moksha (attain final liberation). This body will never become yours so how can anyone else become yours? If this body becomes helpful in the work of the Gnani, then it is your friend but if it takes you towards the worldly life, it is a foe and a betrayal. Everyone is related to the body, no one is related to the Self. The Self never has any relations. Therefore, this point is worth understanding. The vitarag Lords understood everything about the world; they knew everything about it and had concluded, "I have nothing to do with this world. It does not appeal to me. It is a betrayal." We too have to understand this fact completely and get our work done.
This universe has arisen from six eternal elements: the worldly life is a manifestation of the interaction of these six elements. The phases of these elements are constantly changing The coming together of these six elements gives rise to the universal life. These elements are eternal (sat). An eternal element is with its inherent properties and phases. The visible
part of it is its changing phase (avastha), and it is called vibhavik (not original or inherent, but new, arising out of proximity with another element). This is also called prakrut avastha. In this state the illusion of, 'I am this arises which is the foundation of the worldly life. Nothing has become spoilt in the interaction of the elements. The entire universe exists because of the coming together of these six eternal elements. It runs simply due to the company and close proximity (sanyog) of inanimate matter fada) and the Self (chetan). Matter (jada) and the Self (chetan) are together as a mixture, not as a compound
Who bears the weight, you or the horse?
'We' once paid a surprise visit to a friend of 'ours'. He was talking to his wife and 'We' heard their conversation.
"What vegetables did you buy?" he asked his wife. "Okra", she replied. “How much were they?" he asked. "Twelve anaa for a kilo", she replied.
"How can you pay so much for vegetables? Don't you have any sense?" he rebuked her.
'We happened to overhear this and so 'We asked him, "Why do you go around carrying this two ton weight' on your head? Your face looks like you just drank some castor oil!" Why? If she paid twelve anaas (Indian currency) for a kilo of okra, that is a burden on the worldly life and you have to put that weight on the horse of the worldly burden'. Even if you carry that burden on your head, it really remains on the worldly 'horse'. We should not be taking this weight on our heads. In fact, it is because we put this weight on our head that our faces look as if we drank castor oil and so does the horse's (worldly life)!