Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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be turned into dharma (that which hurts no one).
Dadashri: These dharma and adharma are both kalpit (products of the illusion), are they not? Are we supposed to come out of the illusion or remain in it? This illusion will make you wander endlessly life after life. Dharma means to help others and give happiness to every living being. But who is the one that gives happiness? It is the egoism. The fruit of dharma is worldly happiness and the fruit of adharma is worldly pain and suffering. But even after practicing these dharmas, one has to go into the animal life form. How does one take a birth into the animal life form? When one has thoughts of taking things that do not rightfully belong to him; it is a sign of beastliness, which takes him to a birth in the animal kingdom. Enjoy that which is rightfully yours; your wife, your children, your home, etc. That is considered a humane quality, and to give to others that which is rightfully yours, is considered a quality of the celestials. Moksha Through Scriptures or the Gnani Purush?
How long do you have to listen to gnan (knowledge) that is not beneficial to you? You do it until you meet a Gnani Purush. You have to do so until you find the real thing, do you not? But when you meet a Gnani Purush, then ask Him for anything! You will receive whatever you ask for in the path of the Self, because the Gnani Purush is the bestower of moksha. He has come to give you the gift of moksha. He is liberated; he has become liberated and is able to liberate others. He has the energy and power to liberate countless people. You will receive everything through Him. Now that you have met Me, I am telling you that this (the Gnani Purush) is the tool (sadhan) to free yourself from all worldly troubles.
Dadashri: Yes, but nowhere in the religious books do they show you a way to become free from worldly entanglements. They are there for you to do good deeds and be helpful to others; with them bad deeds and hurtful action will not overcome you. So they teach you something good. With them you get worldly happiness, you get food and sustenance; you will not encounter any obstacles. They keep teaching you to be good and to be helpful to others. Very rarely is there a Gnani Purush around. What I am saying, you will not find anywhere, not even in books, because it (knowledge of the Self) is indescribable. Only the Gnani Purush has all that. Whatever he explains, you will grasp through the intellect and if your Self accepts it, then only believe it.
You will have to shape up in front of the Gnani. There obstinacy (aadayee) will not do at all and if your worries go away, if the divisiveness due to differences of opinions (matbhed) go away, then realize that it is something worth listening to. But ordinarily not a single matbhed has gone, one's meditation (dhyan) has not improved at all, he continues to have artadhyan (that which hurts the self) and raudradhyan (that which hurts the self and others), which means that one has not attained even a word of dharma (religion) and yet he believes he has been practicing dharma for forty years. For forty years he has been going to the temples and he remains in upashrayas (place of worship). But it is all meaningless. He is wasting his time.
One is full of mistakes and yet he cannot see a single mistake of his own. After Self-realization your partiality towards 'Chandubhai' does not remain; You will begin to see his mistakes. Now tell Me; would you see any mistakes of yours when you are 'Chandubhai"? As 'Chandubhai', you are the judge, you are the lawyer and you are also the accused! When will you ever find a solution to this? How long are you going to wander around like this? A peculiar and difficult era of this time
Questioner: Are religious books not written to free us from worldly entanglements?