Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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a different thing. That is called saiyamdhari; the one who has saiyam (one who remains unaffected). He is without kashay (anger, pride, deceit, greed)!
The one over whom Yamraj (the God of death) does not have a grip is called a saiyami. The Lord has praised a saiyamdhari. One should do darshan of such a person who has subdued Yamraj.
Questioner: In what way has he subdued Yamraj?
Dadashri: When one is not afraid of death, he is considered to have subdued Yamraj. A person who does not feel, 'I will die. I am in the grips of Yamraj', is considered saiyamdhari.
Look where people have taken the meaning of the word *saiyam' today! They have given such an inferior definition to the Lord's word. They have brought the Lord's spiritual language down to a worldly level. What people consider as *saiyam' is not really saiyam'; it is called 'exercising control'. People lack discipline and that is why they have to practice control. Every animal has control. Only humans have come into a state of 'decontrol'; they have no awareness (bhaan) at
That which comes in Memory Is Parigraha
There is no problem with eating snacks but it should not become a habit. You should have enough awareness that the Self does not get dragged into it. If it does, then do pratikraman. What drags you when you are eating?
Questioner: The spicy flavour. Dadashri: Do you think about it afterwards? Questioner: No.
Dadashri: Then it is not considered eating. It is parigraha (take you away from the Self) if it comes in your memory and it is not parigraha if it does not. If you forget to make an entry in your ledger of accounts, you will keep remembering what needs to be done. Like a fly your mind will hover around that. That is parigraha.
The presence of 'Dada' in memory is such that it will make you forget everything. It will easily make you forget parigraha!
Questioner: Ordinarily nothing comes to mind but when it does and it lasts for a few hours, is that considered parigraha?
Dadashri: Yes, of course! Anything that takes you away from the Self is parigraha. It is the graha (prejudice) that has possessed you; you have become possessed by the ghost of parigraha. That is why you forget the Self. For that duration of time, for an hour or two, you lose awareness (jagruti) of the Self. Some people lose it for up to twelve hours. And for those who have not received Gnan; it carries on. The whole day long someone else's farm gets watered; one does nothing for the Self. The water pump is his, the engine is his, the water is his, the fuel is his, everything is his and yet the water goes into someone else's farm. After attaining knowledge of the Self, all
Questioner: They have the authority (satta) but they do not have awareness of their responsibility.
Dadashri: When man had full authority he abused it. So then he became niraashrit (without shelter or support; unprotected). Do these cows and buffalos have any worries?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: Only humans have worries. This is because they have misused their authority. The moment one worries he becomes unsupported (niraashrit). Anyone that worries, 'what will happen to me?' is supportless.