Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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are those kashays that give you happiness (sukh)?
Questioner: It is only now that you have said so that I do realize that they bring great pain; otherwise, I never knew that there are kashays in favorable circumstances.
Dadashri: Without the Gnani Purush showing them, human beings cannot see their mistakes; there are infinite such mistakes. This is not the only mistake. One has been surrounded with infinite such mistakes
Questioner: Mistakes occur with every step.
The kashays of unfavorable circumstances, like anger and pride, are simple and straightforward; they are not deceptive. They will be easily recognized by everyone, whereas the kashays of favorable circumstances, like greed and deceit, will flourish as large tubers (gaantho). Kashays of unfavorable circumstances, like pride and anger, belong to abhorrence (dwesh). Kashays of favorable circumstances will make one wander for infinite lifetimes. Dear lady, did you understand that?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: So both the favorable and the unfavorable circumstances are wrong. Therefore, it is worth realizing the Self. Once you realize the Self, favorable and the unfavorable cease to exist.
Questioner: So what effort (purusharth) should one do for that?
Dadashri: Nothing will happen with purusharth. Come here to satsang. I will show you the Self. Then you will have only bliss (anand) and all these kashays will cease.
Nothing is attained until one experiences the Self. People say, 'Sugar is sweet...sugar is sweet.' But if you ask them, "What is that sweetness like?' they will say, 'I do not know." You will know it when you put it in your mouth. That is how it is with the soul - the Self. People talk about the Atma-, but all that talk is only words; one does not gain anything from them. The kashays will not go away by such talks, and you achieve nothing at the end of the day. One has been wandering this way for infinite lifetimes and has not had contact with and received the grace and blessing (darshan) of One who has realized the Self and is able to do the same for others, a Gnani Purush. He has not heard that which is eternal (sal) and has not had faith in the sat. Should you not know the sat once?
Kashays are dreadfully painful, are they not? And what
Dadashri: Have you understood exactly that favorable circumstances are also called kashays?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: That which constantly keeps you entrenched in the sweetness of the cool feeling.' which you will enjoy a lot, are the very kashays that make you wander endlessly.
The Foundation of Kashay is Ignorance
Questioner: What is the basis on which these kashays exist?
Dadashri: It is based on ignorance of the Self (agnan). Ignorance of the Self is the base of all these. All puzzles are solved when that ignorance goes away. Ignorance goes away when 'we' make you understand the Self. Kashays begin to shed as ignorance leaves, and thus attachment-abhorrence (raagdwesh) leave. Then the non-Self complex of thoughts, speech and actions (prakruti) begins to fall off. Is this not an easy path?
The Unique Beauty of Akram Vignan
Questioner: Dada, it is hard to accept and believe one can attain this Gnan without doing anything.
Dadashri: Akram Vignan (Science of Dadashri's step