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(lalacha); if a person is avaricious and covetous, then Gnan has not really given results in him.
The entire Gnan of ours' will be present in a lalachu person; but it will be through the medium of the intellect. Therefore, it abandons him in the moment of need. It will not help him during the time of need, it will move aside. It will appear to look just like this Gnan; one cannot tell the difference. But in a person with intense greed, the Gnan will slip away at the crucial moment, but not so for others.
Questioner: Does Gnan through the intellect mean he has understood this Gnan through the intellect?
Dadashri: For him, this knowledge has manifested through the intellect (buddhi gnan). Because of the impurity of intense greed (alacha) Gnan will not arise. It is a huge problem for the poor man. He repents a lot but what can he do? There is not a minute of bliss for him.
Questioner: What if he confesses and repents, does pratikraman in front of the Gnani for all the mistakes he has made and then again he follows, with firm determination (nischaya) what the Gnani shows him?
Dadashri: How can he do pratikraman when he cannot even see his mistakes? He will be able to see his mistakes gradually as he progresses forward according to my instructions. Right now, he cannot even see the mistakes he has already made.
Therefore, when he starts to abide by 'our' Agnas, and then as he takes care of those in his home and everyone around him, he will begin to see all his own faults and mistakes. And when he reaches a certain stage of seeing his own faults, then even 'we' will pave the way for him. But what happens is that when any intense greed (lalacha) arises, he gets sucked into it, so all his energies get used up in that. The energies that 'we' bestow upon him become exhausted in his intense greed (lalacha). The liability of this falls on our shoulders. After
some positive result, when 'we' are convinced, then 'we' will place 'our' energies behind him otherwise those energies are used up in this lalacha and then they become a tonic for wrong use.
Therefore, it is worth instilling some energy when I can see he has attained some level of freedom from his kashaya (saiyam). Otherwise his current predicament is because he has been getting all the energies, is it not? I have come to this conclusion.
Questioner: But then you will tell him the ways by which he can benefit, will you not?
Dadashri: Yes, I will tell him the ways he can benefit. But if he ever does what I tell him, if he changes his ways with everyone at home, then he will benefit. Furthermore, he will not even have any shortage of money.
So first he has to realize and be convinced about his mistakes. Then his mistake will begin to be destroyed. Then intense inner spiritual endeavor (purusharth) of a focused nature has to be made. This mistake is not such that it will go away without purusharth. It needs tremendous inner spiritual endeavor (purusharth). Then this will give rise to an energy that is say twenty-fold. This twenty-fold energy is applied exclusively to remove this mistake. Then the inner energy will rise forty-fold, this is the benefit. Tremendous energy will arise in this manner.
Questioner: If he makes an inner intent (bhavna) that he definitely wants to stay in the Agna, will that give result?
Dadashri: One should remain in the Agnas, should one not? So he should deal with everything, with equanimity. Then everyone at home will say, 'Dadaji, we do not have any complaints about him.' Will it not show results within a month? The correct remedy will always give results. False remedy will have a result too. Therefore, 'we' say take care of those at home first; bring about some solution right there.
