Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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are in a state of unawareness. What is this unawareness about? They are not aware of their true identity. They have no awareness of 'Who am I?' How strange is that? Do you not feel ashamed to hear this? One is a stranger to his own Self; is that not shameful? And when he goes out, he is so boastful; he walks around with pomp. Hey you! You have no realization of your real Self, so why are you getting excited unnecessarily? One cannot remain hidden from one's own Self, can one? You have hidden your self from your own Self. What kind of nonsense is that?
While undergoing the effect of past karma, causes for new karma are created simultaneously. These causes then become 'effective as thoughts, speech and acts in the next life. This is how the cycle of cause and effect, effec-t and cause, continues.
Only in the human life form is it possible to create causes. In the rest of the life forms (animal kingdom, hell, celestial), there is only effect. Here, in the human life form, we have both causes as well as effects. When we give you Gnan, 'we' stop the causes. Then there will be no new effects.
Questioner: What is better, to remain 'effective' or to cease to be effective'?
Dadashri: If everyone can be cured in that way, then people will have no need for anything. Apply a little medicine and people will be cured. They would not feel cold or hot and hence there will be no need for fans or clothes.
Questioner: Is it better that this effect of the cause of the cycle of birth and death remains, or is it better that it goes away?
Dadashri: Effect can never be removed. Effect means result. The result can not be pushed aside, but the causes can be stopped.
That is why I want to give you this science to awaken you to this awareness. This is not worldly knowledge (gnan); it is scientific spiritual knowledge (Vignan). Gnan cannot be that which brings results on its own (kriyakari). This 'Vignan' does bring results on its own (kriyakari). You do not have to do anything after you receive this Self-realization (Gnan). It is the Gnan that continues to do the work. Vignan is always living (chetan). Knowledge in the scriptures is simply knowledge of words; it cannot become kriyakari (bring results on its own) as it does not give results. At the most, it shows the distinction between right and wrong, whereas this is Akram Vignan, it liberates without any effort.
The Chain of Cause and Effect
Questioner: There is a relation between the body and the Soul, is there not?
Dadashri: This body is the result of the soul. It is the effect of past causes. You become happy if someone gives you flowers and upset if someone insults you. There is no importance to what you see on the outside, to the activity of thoughts, speech and acts of becoming happy or upset. It is the inner intent (antarbhaav) at the time that charges new karma. That karma then discharges in the next life; that is when it becomes effective. The mind, body and speech - all three are effective.
Questioner: Are cause and effect related to the inner intent (bhaav)?
Dadashri: Yes, effect is a result and no changes can be made to the effect. The effect is a discharge and the causes, the charging, take place within as one is undergoing the effects. The charging, the cause, can be stopped but we cannot stop the discharge, the effect. In the State of Non-doership, there is No
Bondage Questioner: What is the process of stopping the causes?