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Aptavani-9
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One cannot waste this precious human life
this way When a person starts thinking, 'I wonder what the Soul is like? Is it like this or like that?' the Lord called this state samyaktva mohaniya (delusional state of identity with ego which has understood the separate existence of the Real Self and strives to achieve that state: fascination of the real). People have not even come close to such an inquiry. This question has not even arisen. Currently everyone is in mithyatva mohaniya (delusional state of residing in, and identifying with, and existence as the ego) and mishra mohaniya (delusional state of existence which is a mixture of alternating state between samyaktva and mithyatva), both the states are that of being deluded by the illusion that this world is real. A man in whom samyaktva mohaniya arises, the Lord would call him a great soul. But here man considers himself something great if he has a house and some land; he considers himself so fortunate that he rubs his belly with contentment, belches with satisfaction and falls asleep.
Hey you foolish one! How can you sleep? You have slept for countless past lives in this way, rubbing your belly. Are you not ashamed? You rub your big belly this way and belch with contentment. How can you fall asleep? Is this world for sleeping away your life like this? How can you sleep when you have attained this precious human life? You have attained a human life form, you have all the conveniences, you have conveniences of reading all the great scriptures, you have attained a high level of devotion (bhakti), you have had darshan of the vitarag Lords in derasars and you go off to sleep feeling content like this?
And now people have created 'bedrooms. You foolish ones, you cannot have bedrooms. Everyone should sleep together in one room. Bedrooms create worldly troubles! Bedrooms have caused people to become preoccupied with
that which perpetuate worldly troubles whole nightlong. So how can they even think about the Self? Can one have thoughts about the Self in his private bedroom?
I asked one person, 'What is your meditation (dhyan) before you go to sleep?' He replied, 'It is ten thirty now so should I not go to sleep?' Hey you!! You are going to sleep without earning anything? "Tell me what you earned today?' I asked him and he replied, 'At least I do something, she does not do anything. 'I asked her and she proceeded to tell me, 'He does not do anything either.' This is how people talk.
Questioner: Yes, that is how people look at things rather than looking at themselves.
Dadashri: All this is nothing but deceit!
The entire world lives in suspicion without exception Their suspicions never ventures into 'what is the Soul?' They have uncertainties about, I wonder if the Soul is like this? Or maybe it is like that?' Uncertainty always remains and that gives rise to all kinds of suspicions and more suspicions. That is when suspicions and uncertainties go
away Questioner: I am not saying that I have become free from suspicions, but suspicion does not arise within.
Dadashri: Yes, they may not arise, that is a different matter. You will feel that way for a certain period of time. Then when difficulties come, suspicions will arise again. Does anything ever remain the same? Just as day and night keep changing time keeps changing, circumstances will constantly change.
Therefore when will man's suspicions leave? They will leave when he becomes vitarag (free from all attachments) and nirbhay (fearless). Otherwise, suspicions will not leave. As long as there is peace, it will appear to be comforting and easy When external problems arise, turmoil and restlessness begins.
