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there is in the universe, I have attained, because there is no beggary (heekh) of any kind at all. 'We' do not have any beggary for money. Even if people were to bring heaps of gold, 'we' have no use for it. There are no thoughts of sex. Even if the celestial goddesses were to come down here to earth, there would be no untoward thoughts. There is no beggary for maan (respect). There is no beggary for disciples. There is no beggary of wanting to build temples.
Now if you understand me as a Gnani, then you too will become a Gnani. If you understand me as an acharya - spiritual master - then you will become an acharya. I do not have any problems if you think of me as an acharya, but you will become an acharya. So whatever state you desire to be, see me as being that state and you will attain that state. I do not want to become anything: I have already attained the state. I am a man who has failed by four degrees (in attaining the Absolute state)! Having failed, I sit here as a laghutam Purush. Therefore, this state of 'ours', however one understands it as, that' is the state he will become. If one understands this, then his work is done. One's conduct should be of laghutam intent
There is no state smaller than that of the laghutam. So if you attain this bhaav of laghutam, do you have anything to fear? You cannot become prominent by simply having the intent (bhavna) to be so. You can only become gurutam if you remain in a state of laghutam. So if the worldly interactions are in a laghutam state, if 'Chandulal' remains in a laghutam state, then the gurutam state will be attained automatically but not otherwise.
Questioner: Does not the Gnan you give us, make us attain the state of laghutam?
Dadashri: Yes, it will give you a laghutam state but this bhaav -the deep inner intent- of gurutam within you has not gone yet, has it? The intent of wanting to be gurutam in the
interactions of worldly life (vyavahar) has not gone, has it? You have to get rid of anything residual like, 'I am something. There is a solution if you understand this point, but otherwise it is not possible.
There is no state other than the state of laghutam if one wants to become absolute (purna). The most difficult bhaav in the world is that of laghutam. How can the world attain the intent oflaghutam? Not a single person in the world can attain the state of laghutam that you all (mahatmas) have attained; it is not an easy thing to attain; it is the most difficult state to attain.
People may ask you, 'how is it going? Then you should say, 'I lose my friend. I give up. Now, when you say, 'I lose, then in the realm of the real, you become gurutam automatically and naturally. Therefore you should have an inner intent of becoming laghutam. Otherwise there is wandering around in different life forms if you become gurutam. The enlightened ones in human form are never 'gurutam. Only the partially filled 'pots' try to become 'gurutam. The absolute beings never make a sound (to draw attention to themselves).
Is there anyone who would not want to become gurutam? The prominent people in society may also appear of wanting to be laghutam; they appear to be laghutam on the outside but within their bhaav is that of gurutam. It is a bhaav of, 'I am something compared to everyone else! On the outside they are respected, but they can never attain the vastu - the Self, the Soul. That state can only be attained when one maintains a line of demarcation between the real and the relative. Otherwise, worldly conflicts can never decrease.
Line of Demarcation "The world is the puzzle itself"; it has puzzled itself. God has not puzzled this world at all." It has become a deep puzzle by itself. "There are two view points to solve this puzzle. One is a relative viewpoint and the other is the real viewpoint.'
