Aptavani 09

Author(s): Gnani Purush Dadashri
Publisher: Gnani Purush Dadashri

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From times immemorial, prakruti the non-Self complex, is characteristically bound by worldly affinities. When one meets a 'Gnani Purush, one enters into spirituality i.e. non-worldly affinities. However the prakruti, which was created in the past life and its inherent tendency to remain bound to the worldly life will not refrain from manifesting when circumstances of nature pressure it. And in the current time cycle of Kaliyug, the effective karma of the relative self is such that it opposes and mostly obstructs final liberation. In such times, to win the conflict between worldly entanglements and the spiritual efforts to attain the Self, the Gnani Purush gives many explanations of His experiential understanding here.
Obstinancy, Upset & Noncommunicativeness, Manipulative
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Straight and simple liberation is achieved by those who are, straight and simple. The one who comprehends the statements of the Gnani Purush, who is straight and simple in every way and whose statements are proven true in all three times i.e. past, present and future, such a person's liberation is at arms length. Gnani Purush says that on the path to liberation, obstinacy is the obstruction and if one can straighten out, one can become a God. What is wrong in straightening out through your own understanding as opposed to straightening out after taking a beating from others?
If you admit to your obstanices they will go away but if you deny them, they will become stronger. You can only win over obstinacy by acknowledging and then 'seeing and knowing' them.
You have the right to see your own own obstinacies. However, you can only see them when you attain impartial vision. Otherwise, if someone points out your obstinacies and you examine them, that would be the scope to remove your obstinacies. However, if you see other people's obstinacies, that is regarded as your own obstinacy.
When obstinacies are completely gone, one becomes a God. When one starts to see one's own obstinacies, they start to vanish.
When a true statement that is satisfying to the heart is not accepted, that verily is the nature of obstinacy. Obstinate people behave according to their own opinion. Obstinacies end in those who behave according to the Gnani's opinion.