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intense mental notes. What do these mental notes (nondha) do? They make the mind carry vengeance; a poisonous sting and thus it becomes inclined to sting and attack. If someone 'stings' you, your mind will become inclined to sting back, so do not keep intense mental notes. These things go on but do not keep intense mental notes. He is the victim of the fruition of his karma. Nondha creates a worldly life for the next life. Nondha does not exercise its superiority over the mind, nor does it create another mind in the next life. Nondha is a 'poisonous' sting, and one keeps the 'poison' within. When there is too much poison of the nondha within, it will not refrain from avenging by 'stinging'.
Questioner: Who makes the intense mental notes and who forms the opinion?
Dadashri: The ego does both.
Questioner: Does the intellect make a note?
Dadashri: It has nothing to do with the intellect. To give and take is job of the ego.
Absolute darshan of The Gnani
Making an intense mental note is something very different.
I can understand what I am saying but it is little difficult to show others. I tell many people not to keep nondha, they even understand that it is due to their nondha that they are in certain predicaments.
'We' do not keep any note. All circumstances arise, but 'we' do not make any nondha.
Questioner: What do you see at that time?
Dadashri: 'We' look at the whole picture and not just the isolated note like, 'he was the only one running.
Questioner: But even in the whole picture, he is the one running, is he not?
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Dadashri: He is part of the picture but I look at the whole picture.
Along the path of the vitarag...
One becomes a vitarag if he does not make intense mental notes. One is considered a vitarag if he does not make nondha. 'We' are not saying do not make any notes whatsoever. It is more than enough if your note making decreases so that 'we' can realize that you have become somewhat of a vitarag. Nevertheless, 'we' cannot truly use the word vitarag in this situation.
Now when you keep listening to such talks, things will automatically begin to release their grip over you. You do not have to perform any rituals or fast or anything like that. You only need to understand this.
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