Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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who like the lift, and do not have the energy, can take the lift. Moksha is in the palm of your hand if you meet a Gnani and if you do not, then you will not attain it even after a million lifetimes.
Questioner: Even the Gnani should be enlightened with true knowledge (samyak gnan), should He not? He should have the right knowledge, should he not?
Dadashri: Yes, you too should attain the right knowledge (samyak gnan); only then there is moksha for you. When samyak darshan (right or enlightened vision), samyak gnan (right or enlightened knowledge) and samyak charitra (right or enlightened conduct) occur, then one attains moksha but not otherwise.
Questioner: Would You please make us taste the sweetness of moksha too?
Dadashri: Yes, I will. I will do it for any one who asks
for it.
There Is No Inner Vision Without Inner Separation
Questioner: The Gnani Purush says that one has to see within. What am I supposed to see within?
Dadashri: Whatever has been said in reference to this is a relative statement. The one who has attained the inner knowledge has to see within and the one who has external knowledge has to see externally. Now, what will the one with external knowledge see when he looks within?
Questioner: He can only see the external.
Dadashri: So what I am saying is, that statement is a relative statement. The one who has attained any inner knowledge; the one who has heard anything about what is
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within; if there has been a separation within (antar bheda); then he is to 'see' within. What will he see within if there is no separation (between the Self and the non-Self) at all?
Questioner: What about the thoughts that arise within?
Dadashri: Yes, but it is worth seeing for the One who has the separation within. If there is no separation within, then one becomes engrossed with thoughts that arise within, so what is he going to see? You will not become engrossed with the thoughts when You are separated from the thoughts, and therefore You will be able to 'see' the thoughts and what they exactly are, and 'see' who has the thoughts. But it is not easy for such inner separation (antar bheda) to occur. Without the Gnani Purush it cannot be attained. Should inner separation not occur for us? The ego will not allow this separation to
occur.
The one whose vision is verily external, who is engrossed in the non-Self; how is he going to see what is within? One's vision depends on where one is dwelling. There is nothing worth seeing within until one attains the Self. Until then, one can be in that which is good and auspicious (shubha upayog), but that is not the path of moksha. Just because it is the path of dharma (religion) it still has nothing to do with the path of liberation. In the absence of Self-realization, no matter how much inner awareness you maintain, it is still not pure applied awareness (shuddha upayog).
Pure applied awareness (shuddha upayog) can be maintained only after the Gnani Purush gives You Gnan; the Knowledge. What kind of knowledge? The one that helps you decide, 'Who am I?" and it should be with awareness (jagruti). Shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is the path to moksha. What you are talking about is all shubha upayog (auspicious awareness). It is a path that takes you from the inauspicious to the auspicious.