Aptavani 05

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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eating and drinking. The chit spreads out and gets dissipated in all these things. He acquires merit karmas (punya) with that but how long is he going to keep reaping the fruits? How long are you going to keep sowing and reaping the crop, life after life?
Then this man will also give unwarranted advice. Even when the young son does not ask him, he will say, 'Wait, wait, you will make a mistake', and then gives him advice. The Lord says you should give advice to your children when they are in great difficulty. Yes, if they keep asking you, then you have to answer them. The one moving towards or being the Self, will not be overly wise and give unsolicited advice. When you are counting money and your son talks to you about the business, you will feel it would be better if he talked less. That is how it should constantly be for You with reference to the Self. Nevertheless, because your worldly life is still there, you cannot avoid becoming involved with it. But do not get involved with it deliberately and of your own volition.
Questioner: If my son lacks experience and I see that he is going to make a mistake then I will feel like saying something, will I not?
Dadashri: If your father were still here, he too would say the same thing about you; that you lack in experience. And even his father would say the same thing. That is the nature of the people of India. This is what the Lord considers as being over-wise. Even a sixty-year-old man will be considered a child by his own father. How is he a child when he is a grandfather now?
when he asks you. You do not have to worry whether he has any experience or not. In business, sometimes your mind will also tell you, 'Today there are many customers. My children will get deceived by the customers so let me go to the shop.' Why would you want to worry like this? You raised these children, nurtured them, and educated them, got them married, so why should you worry about them? We should do what is good for our Self. Now the law is, 'Sab sabki sambhalo' (Each one is to mind his own business). These relationships are like those between a vendor and his customers. You had become deeply involved with them due to ignorance (agnan) and now you have to understand through Gnan.
There Is No Kashay in Akram Vignan
He who has conquered his kashay bhaav (the intent of anger, pride, deceit and greed) is called an Arihant. Kashay bhaav do not remain with 'I am Shuddhatma'. Where there is shuddha upayog (applied awareness as the Self), there is m kashay bhaav. There is no kashay where there is Shuddhatma, and there is no Shuddhatma where there is kashay. Kashays do not occur at all in the path of Akram Vignan. In the Kramic path, karmas are definitely bound wherever there is ashata vedaniya (pain giving experience), whereas in the Akram path, one does not bind any karmas at all, but suffering of the pain is inevitable for the duration of that time.
Questioner: This is the greatness of Akram Gnan, is it
not?
Amongst our Gujaratis, with such knowledge, when a father is on his deathbed he will worry about what will become of his children after his death. These are all bad habits. Vyavasthit is the doer. You can only hang on to him (your child) as long as you can see him, is that not so? But what happens when he is away from you? So give advice or solutions only
Dadashri: Tremendous greatness! This is tremendous progress! Otherwise, not even a fraction of the kashay will decrease.
Importance of Satsang From the time a living being (jiva) comes to be born in