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Aptavani-5
is knowledge that is inherently laden with attachment and abhorrence (raag and dwesh).
That knowledge is associated with raag-dwesh, whereas this knowledge (samyak gnan) is without any attachment or abhorrence; it is vitarag gnan. One experiences absence of attachment-abhorrence (raag-dwesh) through knowing-seeing (by the Self), whereas the other gnan (knowledge) causes raag-dwesh from the moment you know and see.
The Science of Intent The mind is a compressed photograph of one's past life.
One man is an officer. His wife keeps nagging him because he does not take bribes and how all other officers have such nice homes because they take bribes. After a lot of such nagging the man makes a decision in his mind that he too should start taking bribes.
But even before accepting an actual bribe he trembles in fear and does not take it. Just by deciding to accept bribes his bhaav (intent) has changed. However, he is not able to take a single cent in his entire life. This is because the current life's mind is based on his past life. Now, in this life, new knowledge has arisen that he ought to take a bribe. Therefore, in his next life it will allow him to take bribes.
Dadashri: Yes, he is becoming free. Therefore, there is a different kind of justice in nature. Do you understand that things are not what they seem?
Questioner: So does that mean that one should get rid of his inner intent (bhaav)?
Dadashri: That is it, it is the inner intent that one needs to get rid of. The problem is with the inner intent, and not with things and whatever unfolds. As far as God is concerned, whatever happens is immaterial. The inner intent (bhaav) is charge (for binding new karmas) and whatever is happening is a discharge (effect of the past life's karmas).
Questioner: What is the significance of inner intent in the path of Akram Vignan?
Dadashri: In the path of Akram there is no like-dislike (bhaav-abhaav); he is beyond them. Bhaav-abhaav gives rise to the worldly life; it gives rise to the relative department' (a temporary state of the non-Self). Positive intents or negative intents vanish in Akram Vignan and hence new karmas cease to be charged and whatever karmas that were previously charged simply remain to be discharged. In other words, the 'causes' have stopped and only effects' remain. Effect is a result.
Everyone keeps quarrelling over results that which unfolds in this life). If your son fails his exams there should be no complaints about his failure. The complaints should come at the time of preparing for exams. You have to tell him to study. You can caution him, you can even scold him but when he fails, tell him to sit with you and have his dinner peacefully. Console him. Tell him not to take a drastic step of suicide, out of dejection and failure.
Questioner: What kind of mistakes makes one do such bhaav (inner intent): such as accepting a bribe?
Another officer takes bribes but from within he feels-has the inner intent (bhaav), 'It is wrong to take bribes. How can I do such things?' Hence in his next life he will not be able to take any bribes. The one who does not take even a dime of bribe but has an inner intent of doing so, will be caught by God (nature). In his next life he will be a thief and he will perpetuate his worldly life (sansar).
Questioner: So is the one who is repenting becoming
free?
