Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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casually, you have wasted the upayog (awareness). If you see the pure Soul (Shuddhatma, the Self) in them as you are walking, that is called pure awareness (shuddha upayog). Shuddha upayog is so precious that if one remains in it continuously for an hour, he will attain the life of Indra - the king of all heavenly beings!
Questioner: Can pure awareness be maintained in worldly business or in daily interactions of the worldly life?
Dadashri: Interaction in the worldly life (vyavahar) and pure awareness (shuddha upayog) have nothing to do with each other. One may be involved in his business or something else. Pure awareness (shuddha upayog) arises only after attaining Self-realization; it arises after he becomes the Self, a purush. No one can attain pure awareness before attaining Gnan. Now, You can have pure awareness.
Questioner: So if we see the donkey as pure Soul (parmatma - supreme Self), we believe it to be a parmatma, then...
Dadashri: No, no. You do not have to believe it to be a parmatma. The supreme Self is the one within, and the one that you see on the outside is a donkey. You have to put your sacks on the donkey's back and you have to see the parmatma within him and get your work done.
You should interact with your wife after seeing the supreme Self within her. Otherwise, is a married man going to become an ascetic (bavo)? Should these young married men who have taken Gnan become ascetics? No, no, they do not have to become ascetics. All they have to do is 'see God within their wives. What does the God within the Self, say? 'Do my darshan; acknowledge Me, the Self. I do not have any other complaints or needs. The worldly dealings are verily worldly in nature, but in Your worldly dealings, 'see' Me, be mindful of Me, maintain pure awareness (shuddha upayog).'
Questioner: What about the pain (peeda, dukh) experienced by the packaging,' the relative-self?
Dadashri: No one experiences pain. The donkey does not experience pain whether you put a sack on its back or not. I know donkeys very well. In our cement and construction business, we have two hundred or so donkeys that come to work for us. They droop their ears like this and so 'we' understand that, despite carrying a lot of weight, they are in their own enjoyment (masti)! They know their own masti: how would you know about that!
Focused Awareness is Upayog
Questioner: The silk worm works hard to produce a cocoon and then it traps itself in it. Then in order to come out, it has to shed its attachment to the cocoon; so how many 'layers' are there? All these...
Dadashri: There are no layers or anything like that; there is just the false fear! Now that I have given you this Gnan, You have become a pure Soul (Shuddhatma). Therefore, this mind, speech, body of 'Chandubhai' and all illusion (maya) associated with that name, fall under the control of the energy of scientific circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit shakti). Vyavasthit will give the inspiration from within. Therefore, You have to remain as, 'I am Shuddhatma,' and just continue seeing joyaa karo) whatever is happening to 'Chandubhai' and whatever "Chandubhai' is doing. That is all; and if you do just this, then "You' become absolute (purna). Each entity does its own work;
Chandubhai' does 'Chandubhai's' work. Now, if you do not interfere in that, then you are out of the cocoon, the web of life after life. Even if 'You' do not interfere for just one day, then You will realize, 'Wow! I have come out of the cocoon!'
At least, try this one Sunday. Let go of the 'reins of the five horses,' the five senses that you are holding on to, and let *Me-the Self (Dada, in the form of knowledge within us) take