Aptavani 06

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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misery in its eyes, yet that is natural! Just as a 'machine' runs on the inside, the natural and spontaneous relative-self (sahaj prakruti) too will be going on like the machine, without any awareness of what is beneficial or harmful in life. If the inner *machine' (antahkaran) shows something that is beneficial, it will proceed along that, and if it shows something that is harmful, it will do harm. If it sees a farm without a fence, it will go in it and graze there.
Questioner: They do not have any intent (bhaav) in that, do they?
Dadashri: They do not have to 'settle' (do nikaal) at all, do they? That is verily their nature, their natural state! They do not have any problem if their calves leave them after they grow four to six months old. They take care of their calves up to four to six months only. And our people would...
Questioner: They take care of them until they die!
causes of past life and the spin effect unfolds in the current life).
More Details on Naturalness, Sahajata
Natural (sahaj prakruti) means it will unwind as it was wound; there is no other destruction-creation (bhanjghad).
With reference to the naturalness, after Gnan (receiving the knowledge of Self from the Gnani Purush), if the Self (the real You) remains the knower-seer then 'it' (the prakruti) will become sahaj. Once you interfere in it,' it gets ruined again. The interference is, 'It would be better if it is like this and it would be better if it is not like that,' and this makes the self become unnatural (asahaj).
A businessman is about to file for bankruptcy and even in this predicament, his wife would give a beggar a sari and other things. And yet, the businessman will not give even a penny. The man is preoccupied about the future of his business whereas the wife is calmly helping the poor. The wife's prakruti is called sahaj. As the thought arises within her, she will follow through accordingly. The man, on the other hand, will even have a thought of donating two thousand rupees, but then right away he will think, 'What can I give now when I am bankrupt?' So then he will drop the idea of giving.
The one who is natural and spontaneous (sahaj) will do exactly what comes into his mind, and even if he does not, there is no interference from the Self. This is spontaneity and naturalness (sahajata).
The one who has received this Gnan will have a thought when he boards a train about where a seat is available and where not and, at that time, he may not be able to remain noninterfering (sahaj). But despite this, if he remains in the Gnan and in the Agnas, then the prakruti will become sahaj. Thus, whatever it may be, even if he were to abuse others a hundred times, his prakruti is natural because he followed our' (the
Dadashri: No, they do so for seven generations! A cow takes care of her calves up to six months. These foreigners take care of their children until they grow up to be eighteen and our people of Hindustan take care of theirs for seven generations!
So in naturalness (here) there is no awareness (jagruti) at all. Wandering around according to whatever unfolds within (to act according to inner impulses) is called natural. This 'top'* which is spinning will spin high and tall vertically, then tilt low on its side as it spins, sometimes appearing as if it is going to fall down, and at other times lifting up an inch off the around while spinning. We may think 'Hey, it is falling, it is falling.' On the contrary, mooah! (special exclamation used by Dadashri to shake up the listener), it will sit straight again; that is called natural!
(Dadashri uses the analogy of the spinning top for all human beings who 'spin' life after life. The spinning commences at birth and concludes at death; the spin force is established by karmic