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Dadashri: They render one unaware. A person will not have any awareness relative sense of the self—at that time!
Questioner: How does one know that passions-kashayas have arisen? What are the signs?
Dadashri: Will not one know when his ego has been hurt? The main culprit that does not allow one to be aware of this is kapat-deceit. This deceit means total darkness lack of awareness. In other forms of kashayas-greed, pride, anger—there would be some light-awareness.
Questioner: Please explain all this in detail. This deceit, kashaya, ego...
Dadashri: All these are the obstacles in the path of liberation. Questioner: How does deceit operate and create a puzzle in this?
Dadashri: Deceit-kapat-makes everything pleasant and acceptable, and thus makes one wander (lose spiritual goal) here, there and everywhere.
Questioner: Where again is the role of deceit in all these wanderings?
Dadashri: Anger, pride, greed will create fewer obstructions. Deceit will create lot more obstructions. Deceit kapat does not let one remain in the normalcy of worldly interaction sansari, it takes one below this normalcy, it is lower than the state of worldly self-sansari. Persons without deceit kapat are sarad straight and simple-hearted. Deceitful prakruti—non-Self complex-creates major problems.
Questioner: Where is the role of deceit kapat in the instance of a verbal abuse? Where is the deceit in an instance where a person verbally abused someone?
Dadashri: Deceit kapat is not involved in that. Deceit makes one take advantage of his own self. Deceit makes one digs his own grave. These four kashaya are anger-pride-illusion and greed, in which the illusion means deceit (the illusion deceives the self). Deceit kapat has become a huge mass.
