Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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This life is a tree that grows and grows life after life (sansarvruksha). It produces sweet fruits as well as bitter ones. And you are the one who has to eat them.
When monkeys come and destroy all the mangoes on the tree, how far will the owner's reactions (parinaam) spoil within? He will be so disturbed that without even thinking about the future he will say, 'This problem will be solved only if I cut this tree down. Now, will such words that come out in the presence of God within go to waste?
There is no problem if there are no resulting changes (parinaam) within. Everything will be calm. Everything will come to an end.
The Difference between Bhaav and Desire
Questioner: What is the difference between inner intent (bhaav) and desire (ichchha)?
Dadashri: In this world, that which is visible and can be experienced, people call bhaav. In reality, bhaav is not visible to anyone including the self.
Questioner: After attaining this Gnan, many bhaavs occur to us; do these bhaav not charge karma?
Dadashri: How can you have inner intent (bhaav)? If 'You' become 'Chandubhai' again, then you will have bhaav. When you are 'Chandubhai,' there is ego there; thereafter the bhaav occurs. The awareness, 'I am the doer,' is the bhaav. Bhaav only arises if you have the awareness of, 'I am the doer.'
Questioner: And the desire (ichchha) that occurs; is it not a 'doer-ship'?
Dadashri: No, from now onwards all desires that you have are 'waning desires'; they are setting, going down,
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disappearing. I too have desires! If it is noon and I go to the kitchen, would you not realize that Dada has a desire to eat something? That is also a 'setting' desire; they are discharging, dying desires. They will all leave after a while. They are not considered 'rising desires'; they are all going to end.
Questioner: When we have desires while we are working, what kind of a 'test' should we 'apply' so that we can know whether it is a 'discharge desire' or a 'charge desire'?
Dadashri: It will be a charge desire only if You become 'Chandulal.' There is no need to be confused here. This is a science! Our Akram Vignan science says, speak that which is saidhantic, meaning speak that which has been proven and established so that you will not have to tease and un-tease it again. What is the use of repeated teasing and un-teasing?
Some people believe that the soul has desires. Then later they say, 'My desires have stopped!' If desire is an attribute of the Soul, then no one will be able to stop desires. This is an extra result (vishesh parinaam) - it is an effect that came about as a result of the 'I' having deviated from the original location, from the Self to 'I am Chandulal, the non-Self.' In all this, the Self is Vitarag - absolutely free of attachment. People are not even aware of this and they say, 'My soul has become bad, my soul is a sinner (paapi); it does attachment-abhorrence (raagdwesh)."
Then there are some who say that the soul is pure. These people take a beating in another way. They believe that the soul is pure and, therefore, nothing needs to be done. So then, why do they go to the temple? Why do they read scriptures? So people holding both these views have lost the way and consequently keep on wandering. The Soul is not like that. This point is very profound. That is why the scriptures say, 'Have the knowledge of the Self.' The Self verily is the parmatma, the supreme Self!