Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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[10] Pleasure-seeking Versus Attraction Dadashri: How many files' do you have?
Questioner: I have only one 'file,' that of suffering (vedana).
And to repel from pain is dukh buddhi.
There is nothing wrong with enjoying pleasure (sukh buddhi). It is not of the Self; it belongs to the pudgal, the nonSelf. Pleasure arises when someone gives you something. When you get too much of it, it will also give rise to pain (dukh buddhi). Do you know that?
Questioner: Yes, I get tired of it.
Dadashri: Therefore, it is the non-Self (pudgal). Pudgal is a thing of input-output or charge-discharge (puran-galan). So it is not a permanent thing. It is a temporary adjustment. If a mango is sweet and you ask for some more, it is not pleasureseeking (not sukh-buddhi); it is merely an attraction (aakarshan) of the body.
Questioner: For me, the body and the tongue have a lot of such attraction.
Dadashri: Now if you were to tell that file, 'Do not come here,' then if that file is eight feet tall, it will return as eighty feet tall. And if you tell it to come soon, its height of eight feet will seem only two feet, and once the duration of suffering (vedana) is over, it will not stay. That which is not going to stay is called a 'guest.' Should you not be cordial to your guest? You have to maintain control and calmness (saiyam). What do you think?
Questioner: Yes, I agree, but I am not able to tolerate the pain (dukh).
Dadashri: Not being able to tolerate is a psychological effect. If you recite the name, 'Dada, Dada (the lord within), and ask from him, "Give me the energies (shakti) to tolerate, then such energies will arise within you.
Questioner: As long there is sukh buddhi, the intellectual belief that happiness and pleasure reside in that which is gained through the five senses, it is not possible to deal with it in that manner, is it?
Dadashri: The Self does not have such an intellect (sukh buddhi). The Self I have given you does not have an iota of such intellect. It has never experienced such pleasure (sukh). The sukh buddhi belongs to the ego, it will run towards pleasure.
Dadashri: As such attraction continues, You have to remain aware. The sentence I have given to you, 'I am completely separate from all joint activities of the mind, the speech and the body' (Mun vachan kayani tamam sangi kriyao thi hoon taddan asang ja chhoo), such awareness (jagruti) should remain. And actually it is exactly that way, that is, it is all inputoutput (puran-galan). There is no binding of new karma if You maintain this awareness.
Questioner: If that awareness does not remain, then is it a mistake of our worldly conduct (charitra dosh)?
Dadashri: It is considered so in the Kramic path.
Questioner: But such weakness prevails due to the illusion of discharging karma (charitra moha).
Dadashri: In the Kramic path, it is considered a weakness. In that path you have to find a solution for such