Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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everything is within its own dharma (function). The ego is constantly operating where it is needed. Does the ego not get hurt if someone attacks or insults it? Is there not an effect of a compliment (maan) and an insult (upmaan)? Therefore the ego is in its own dharma.
So, the ears are in their dharma, the eyes are in their dharma, the nose is in its dharma; each are in their own dharma. Even the eyes, ears and nose of Lord Mahavir were in their own dharma. His mind was in its dharma and his chit was in its dharma. His buddhi (intellect) and ego (ahamkar) were gone. Yours are in their own dharma too, except the Self; it is not in its dharma. If the Self were to come into its dharma, then both the buddhi and the ego would come to an end. I will explain to you the reason behind this.
Is there not a difference between the intellect (buddhi) and the Self? The Self is the light, and so is the buddhi. The buddhi is indirect light whereas the Self is direct light. Indirect light means it is like rays of sunlight reflecting off a mirror and entering this room. Similarly, the light of the Self falls on the ego and that light which comes forth through the medium of the ego is the buddhi. The ego represents the mirror and the Self represents the Sun. The Self is the original light. It is completely swa-par prakashak (it illuminates the Self and the non-Self too). The Self illuminates all that is to be known (gneya).
The buddhi arises through the medium of the ego. If the medium of the ego were to end, the buddhi would no longer remain. Then the light will be direct. I (the Gnani Purush) receive direct light. What remains for you to do now? You need to get rid of your ego and intellect. How can the ego and intellect dissolve? When the Self returns to its dharma they will both leave. There is no need to change anything else because everything else is already in its dharma.
Now what will you do to bring the Self in its dharma? What tool do you need to accomplish that?
Questioner: Attachment and abhorrence (raag and dwesh) should decrease.
Dadashri: See this ring. There is a mixture of copper and gold in it. Now if you were to randomly ask anyone to separate the gold from the copper, will just anyone do it for you?
Questioner: No, they will not be able to. Dadashri: Why is that? Questioner: It is a job of a goldsmith.
Dadashri: Everyone else will tell you it is not their job. Therefore, if you want to know the Self, you have to ask someone who has knowledge of the Self.
Questioner: One needs the goldsmith in the form of a Sat Purush (Self-realized person).
Dadashri: No. All these mahatmas (those who have attained Self-realization from Dada) are considered Sat Purush. Who is a Sat Purush? It is one who has attained realization of the Self and has come into purusharth dharma (the religion of inner spiritual endeavour of the Self). Sat means eternal. A Sat Purush is one who has attained the eternal state. He has the conviction (pratiti) and the awareness (jagruti) of 'I am pure Soul'. But he is only a Sat Purush; he cannot be called a Gnani Purush. In the Kramic path (the traditional path to Selfrealization where austere rituals are required and the seeker progresses one arduous and gruelling step at a time), the Sat Purush is involved in tyaag (renouncing) and atyaag (attaining). The Gnani Purush however is beyond renunciation and acquisition! He grants the gift of moksha to others. He makes others the embodiment of Gnan (gnanmay). Shrimad Rajchandra (also known as Krupadudev, a Gnani Purush of the Kramic