Aptavani 02

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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‘our' words are living. The direct energy of the manifest Self within these words awakens the Self within the listener, without fail. It will awaken the Self! Furthermore, they will not hurt anyone in the least. 'Our' words are easy to digest and they do not cause any 'indigestion' later. "These' words are the complete essence of pure knowledge. Not a single word of the Gnani will be fruitless. There is tremendous and extraordinary power in the Gnani's speech. The world will leap with awe at every word of the Gnani. Even just one sentence of the Gnani will take you to moksha. Every word of 'Ours' has life (chetan - the Self) in it. Speech is a record and it is inanimate, but this' speech expresses after having touched the fully enlightened Lord within. That is why it has the power to liberate worldly beings, it has the power of turning the nischetan into chetan i.e. the relative self into the real Self. All that is needed is the seeker's desire for it. If 'we' tell a person to jump, he will jump even a ten-foot hole. This is why many people say, "You are doing shaktipat (transfer of energy)." No that is not so, but these words have this inherent energy. If someone is very depressed, 'we' nurse and nurture him through these' eyes. There are many ways the Gnani Purush can awaken energies. There is tremendous energy in the words of the Gnani.
Kavi has sung "Jagat udaya avatar, deshna tey shrutagnan Syadvad Gnan-daan, sarvamaanya parman"
When the world is ready to prosper, a Gnani will manifest. Gnani's speech when heard is the gift of knowledge which liberates and this knowledge is accepted by all.
A Gnani manifests when the time is good for the world. His words (deshna) liberate and represent the knowledge meant to be heard (shrutagnan). A single sentence of His encompasses volumes of scriptures.
It is written in the scriptures that one must always speak
the truth but people say they are not able to do so. People are looking for scriptures that are applicable to the era of current this time cycle of Kaliyug so that they can get their work done. New scriptures will be written that will prevent the deleterious effect of the current time cycle upon people and take them to moksha. The 'medicine' the scriptures preach to us, to speak the truth, to be kind, to keep peace etc., is outdated medicine. Now we will need new medicine. Your intent (bhaav) must be to speak only the truth, and if you make a mistake, you have to tell 'Chandubhai' to do pratikraman. 'Our' words will break all veils of ignorance; the power of the Gnani's speech is such that it gives complete clarification within. You forget the world and the worldly life when you sit with me here, which verily is moksha.
'Our' speech is pratyaksh (direct) Saraswati; it is living and directly present Saraswati (Goddess of speech). The Goddess Saraswati you see in pictures, books and scriptures is an in-direct form (paroksha). If you want to do darshan of the real presence of Saraswati, you can do so by listening to this speech.
'We' (Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened Lord within) are not the speaker of everything being said here: 'We are not the speaker of even a single word. Really, it is your punya (merit karma) that causes these words to come forth. 'We' are able to assess your punyas based on the speech that comes out. This speech is a record: 'We' have nothing to do with it. What is this speech like? It is completely syadvad; it is speech that does not hurt anyone, not in the least, and one that accepts every viewpoint. Such is this speech, absolutely syadvad.
What is the definition of the worship of Saraswati? It means to not abuse (apvyaya) the speech in any way or form. It means to not abuse speech or utter speech that is spoken for selfish reasons. To lie is to abuse speech.
For a Kshatriya, his word is his bond. A Kshatriya will