Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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considered an open mind. An open mind is the one that is in tune with what is present in front of it. One laughs when it is time to laugh, talks when it is time to talk, sings when it is time to sing: it is open to everything.
Yoga Practices and Self-Realization
Questioner: Can one attain darshan (vision of the absolute Self through the practice of yoga?
Dadashri: What can practicing yoga not attain? But yoga of what?
Questioner: The natural rajyoga (concentration of the mind) that people talk about.
Dadashri: Yes, but what do they consider rajyoga?
Questioner: Where a focused meditation (ekagrata) of the mind occurs.
If one tries to do it himself, he will increase his swachhand two fold. The only solution is to follow the Agna of the Gnani Purush. There is no other solution.
The Gnani Is Childlike When a child cries, his crying is not associated with the intellect, the way it is for a twenty-five year old man. The Gnani Purush does not cry with the intellect either. A child and a Gnani Purush are similar. They are both without intellect. For the child it is like a 'rising sun' and for the Gnani Purush it is like a 'setting sun'. A child has ego but he is not aware of it, whereas we have no ego.
Wherever one uses intellect, is verily where one binds demerit karmas (paap).
Questioner: Dada, we will not bind any demerit karmas if we recite Your name twenty four hours a day, will we?
Dadashri: Reciting Dada's name is tantamount to reciting the name of your own Shuddhatma. Singing of these pados (spiritual songs about Dada's Gnan) is like singing devotional songs of your own Shuddhatma. Here everything is of the Self. Even this arati (the ritual of waving lamps in front of an idol or deity while singing a hymn) that you do is the arati of the Self. Nothing is mine. Whatever one learns to do here, one will benefit by that.
Open Mind When the mind does not remain open, entanglements arise, and the presence of entanglements prevents the smile and laughter of the liberation (mukta hasya).
Questioner: What do you mean by an open mind?
Dadashri: Just as a fly hovers around some brown sugar, if the mind hovers around one certain thing, then it is not
Dadashri: How does the Atma (the Self) benefit from that? Do you want moksha or do you want to strengthen your mind?
Questioner: I am just talking about the vision (darshan) of the Parmatma (the Supreme Self).
Dadashri: Then why trouble the poor mind unnecessarily? There is nothing wrong with concentrating the mind, but there is no need to trouble the mind if you want realization (darshan) of the Supreme Self.
Questioner: Can one attain the state of nothingness (shunyata) through one pointed concentration?
Dadashri: Yes, one can, but that is a relative nothingness. It is a temporary adjustment.
Questioner: What do the mind and the intellect (buddhi) do at that time?