Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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As long as there is a belief that, 'I am Chandubhai', there is vikalp; then it does not matter whether one is a spiritual teacher (acharya) or otherwise. When there is awareness of 'I am a pure Self" (Shuddhatma), then You are nirvikalp. Now, once You are nirvikalp, why does that state of nirvikalp not prevail? It is because of a pending karmic account from the past life; these are claims of all the kalams (the inviolable laws of life, as shown by Dadashri in the Nine Kalams) you have previously violated.
Sankalp and vikalp leave when you become a Shuddhatma. Now whatever arises in your mind, is all gneya (that which is to be known). Now as long as one remains a vikalpi ('I am Chandubhai'), he is not able to see these gneyas. He (vikalpi) will indeed say, 'I have a thought'. However, the self is kalp swaroop (becomes what is imagined). One becomes what one envisions. Why is the Self considered nirvikalp? The answer is that in ignorance (agnan), he had done vikalp and that is why after Gnan (knowledge of the Self); He is nirvikalpi. He is nirvikalp because he has returned to the Self.
The Self is the only thing that cannot be envisioned (chintavan). It only happens when the Gnani Purush gets rid of one's intoxication of the ego.
If you have done great vikalp of auspicious things, that too will bear results. If you have done the bhaav of killing someone then the result will be just that and if you have done the bhaav to give alms; so will be the result.
Questioner: You have said that the world is vyavasthit, then why does one have the vikalp (intent, bhaav) of changing it?
Dadashri: These vikalps are the vikalps you did before and they are now arising in the form of effect. The seeds, which were sown, are bound to grow, are they not? If you do not weed out the plants but allow them to grow, they
will shed more seeds. You should weed them out after You become nirvikalp. Settling all matters with equanimity is the 'act' of 'weeding
The world is completely vyavasthit. Why did the Lord not disclose this fact? He did not disclose this because wicked people would misuse it and people would get on the wrong path. With the knowledge of vyavasthit You will not have sankalp-vikalp. You can understand vyavasthit when your doership (kartapanu) goes away; otherwise not. When You become the non-doer, You will understand who the doer is. One is not the doer, yet he believes that he is the doer, so how can this be understood?
Questioner: One does not let go of his doership.
Dadashri: Yes. That is why he will not let anything else be the doer. Otherwise the world is vyavasthit. But because of doership, imagination (kalpana) will inevitably arise. The problem is solved the moment one becomes the non-doer. Until then, the kashays of anger-pride-deceit-greed will not go away. Even if one turns from doing bad deeds to good ones; one is still a doer and therefore sankalp-vikalp is bound to occur. And when he cannot understand vyavasthit, he will have thoughts like, 'What will happen to me?
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Questioner: I have the inner intent (bhavna) of going to moksha, but what should I do if there is something lacking in that path?
Dadashri: Lacking in what?
Questioner: There are karmas, are there not? Do I not continue to create and bind karmas?
Dadashri: Should you not know how karmas are bound? Questioner: Through auspicious (shubha) and inauspicious