Book Title: Aptavani 09
Author(s): Gnani Purush Dadashri
Publisher: Gnani Purush Dadashri

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________________ Dadashri: Yes, that is why it is said, otherwise in any little matter you will find a point man and he will change your track right away. On top of it, what will he say? 'Mine is the Rajdhani Express-fast track train from Mumbai to Delhi.' Oh, but your track is changed! Rajdhani, who says it is not Rajdhani but if it is riding on the main track then only it is Rajdhani Express. However if the track has changed then where will it take you? You will not reach Delhi. We should exercise great care to ensure that our main line (goal of liberation) is not switched. All these are old habits, no? We have not got rid of these old habits so far. We should know that they are old habits. Questioner: If someone is very strong and firm in his nischayaresolution to remain the Self after AtmaGnan in Akram, then his vyavaharworldly interactions of the relative self will become very beautiful and harmonious, no? Dadashri: Vyavahaar must become pleasant and harmonious and if it does not then the nischaya will weaken. If the worldly interactions do not improve it would weaken one's resolve to remain as the Self. Questioner: What is the compass point-right direction of this? What is the gauge for, 'the wrong track or the right track?' Dadashri: Firstly there arises the pleasure of the ego and the pleasure of having taken the wrong track and therein he becomes emotionalexpresses raag and dwesh—consequences of attachment and abhorrence. Whereas nirakudata—transcendence of pleasure and pain, state beyond easiness and uneasiness—is always there on the main line. In the other this nirakudata—the bliss of the Self leaves and is replaced by uneasiness which becomes evident in thoughts and facial expression. If one rides on the wrong track, he will lose the bliss of the Self. Questioner: When can it be said that the mistake has been fractured? Dadashri: If you understand it in systematic detail then it can be said that the mistake has been fractured. This means you understand the answers to, 'how did it happen? What was the beginning of the wrong track? What happened initially? What was the underlying reason for it?' If you unearth

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