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needs to let go. There is nothing like that on the path to moksha. What else? You have to let go of all the harmful worldly things
One will understand this if he tries to and if he does not have a habit of 'tasting sweet things!
Questioner: Now if one is being crafty (chatur), how can he get rid of his own craftiness and cleverness (chaturai)?
Dadashri: He is not able to recognize his craftiness and cleverness himself and he will not believe you even if you were to tell him that he is being crafty.
Questioner: It can be very difficult to follow the path of moksha and become free from this fault of deceit (kapat).
Dadashri: It is not difficult. You will be able to reach your goal by maintaining your intent (bhavna) to be rid of this fault. It will not take long for the one who wants to get rid of these faults. It cannot be difficult, can it? Everyone has such deceit (kapat). In the current time cycle, where can such deceit (kapat) be absent?
Questioner: Kapat is involved in dealing with another individual but when it comes to one's own prakruti and Atma (the Self), kapat is at work there too, is it not?
Dadashri: No, not in that.
Questioner: The other person may be being crafty (chaturai), but if he finds sweetness' in that then is kapat not at play there?
Dadashri: No, that is not considered kapat. That poor man is likely to get fooled. He has a habit of tasting sweetness' and that is why he gets fooled.
Questioner: Awareness agruti) does not remain at that time, does it?
Dadashri: Awareness will not remain at that time. When someone greets you with respect and says, 'welcome, welcome Chandulal' the effect of the sound of those words is such! And if someone tells you, you do not have any sense' then what effect will such words have on you?
Questioner: This Akram Vignan is such that first it will not let the effect of those words touch the Self (the soul within). There arises within the awareness as to whom the words, 'senseless' are being addressed to.
Dadashri: Yes. First such awareness arises. Then nothing will affect You once this awareness arises. The one who becomes aware as to who is being addressed in, 'welcome, welcome,' remains unaffected. (This respectful greeting is being given to Chandulal, the relative self and this is the awareness jagruti). You have to extract and attain such subtle understanding.
Questioner: This is very necessary. The breakdown in the continuity of this awareness occurs, and is that the reason that all such faults take over the control?
Dadashri: All these faults cause the intervening breakdown. That is why the Lord has said, "Keval nij swabhav nu akhand varte Gnan-the uninterrupted bliss of the Self is being experienced.' But it does get interrupted. Therefore stop the habit of tasting sweetness (of respect) and it is unlikely that anyone will go out of his way to serve you anything bitter (insult). This is because your worldly interaction now is such that no one will insult you, and if it does happen then know that as your vyavasthit-scientific circumstantial evidence. The fault is of the sufferer.
Questioner: The awareness prevails stronger during bitter and unpleasant life effects.
Dadashri: That is why one becomes deluded at the time of tasting sweetness, enjoying the pleasant life effects.
