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Now an uninterrupted awareness of Gnan will be experienced when there is no objection or interference (with reference to painful or pleasant life effects) of any kind. This path is of uninterrupted awareness - akhand jagruti.
'Point-man' on the path of liberation
The thing here is that there will be many 'point-men' (men in charge of switching railway lines) on the spiritual path. So if we are on the train that we think will take us to Delhi, will have been switched somewhere on the way and we end up at the wrong destination. Therefore adhere to the destination from our -the Gnani's-point only. There is likely to be so many pointmen here.
If the train is traveling on the main line i.e. on the right track you will not be robbed (of the great spiritual state received from the Gnani). You will be robbed if the track changes and thereafter there is no telling where you will end up. Therefore do not ever place your trust in a point-man (the one who will throw you off your path). If you start drinking tea with him (start trusting him), and continue the pleasantry, he will switch your track.
Questioner: Who is considered a point-man on our path of liberation (moksha)?
Dadashri: A point-man is one who says things that pleases you. If someone talks to you and makes you 'dizzy' (makes you lose your senses) with his sweet talks, then you should know that the point-man has arrived. He says things that please you and then the mind gets caught up in it and takes over. Therefore, a point-man will switch your train on to the wrong tracks with the same speed, without you being aware of the switch. Later, if someone asks you, 'Oh, why are you on this wrong path?' You will reply, I can never be on the wrong path!'
Questioner: Is that why the Lord has said to remain continuously under the shelter of the Gnani?
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Dadashri: Yes, that is why. Otherwise you will meet a point-man in every situation who will change your track in no time. On top of that, what will he say? 'Mine is the Rajdhani Express; it is the fast track train from Mumbai to Delhi. Oh, but your track has changed! Rajdhani! Who says it is not the Rajdhani but if it is running on the main track only then it is the 'Rajdhani Express' (it will reach your destination fast). If the track has changed then where will it take you? You will not reach Delhi.
We should exercise great care to ensure that our 'main line' (goal of liberation) is not switched. All these are old habits, are they not? So far we have not got rid of the old habits. We should know that they are old habits.
Questioner: If a person is very strong and firm in his nischaya -resolve to remain the Self after Self-realization - then his vyavahar (worldly interactions) of the relative self will become very beautiful and harmonious, will it not?
Dadashri: Vyavahar must become pleasant and harmonious; the nischaya will weaken if it does not. If the worldly interactions do not improve, it would weaken one's resolve to remain as the Self.
Questioner: How does one gauge this? What is the gauge to check whether one is on the wrong track or the right one?
Dadashri: Firstly there arises the pleasure of the ego and the sweetness of the wrong track and therein he continues to become emotional (expresses raag and dwesh; attachment and abhorrence), whereas on the main line, there always prevails nirakudata - transcendence of pleasure and pain, state beyond easiness and uneasiness; the bliss of the Self. On the other track, this nirakudata leaves and is replaced by uneasiness which becomes evident in one's thoughts and facial expression. If he rides on the wrong track, he will lose the bliss of the Self.
