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Questioner: Except for the Gnani, does everyone not say things only according to their own viewpoints?
Dadashri: Indeed. It is always through only their viewpoint. It is all right if that viewpoint is correct. However, it is correct by his understanding only. In these situations, you simply have to listen, agree, and pass your days! Otherwise nothing is attained, only that part which is true is attained.
Questioner: I did not quite understand your statement, 'there you have to listen, agree and pass your days..."
Dadashri: You should not 'obstruct' (oppose; challenge him) what he tells you. You have to accept and listen as if you believe it to be the truth. You have to listen in this manner. The rest is in your hands, is it not? Your focus and basis should be on what is real (samyak); on the right vision and understanding that I have given you. Just keep an eye on which direction the pointer of samyak is pointing. Your sincerity is limited to the extent of your listening and not beyond that. You should not obstruct him nor create any obstacles for him.
Everyone speaks in his or her own language (bhasha; viewpoint or understanding), do they not? Even I will say that whatever he says is correct in his own 'language'. But it would not 'fit' - be in concert with my language.
Questioner: How is it with your bhasha (inner language)? What is that constant shuddha upayog (pure awareness as the Self)?
Dadashri: That you have never seen or heard before, have you?
Questioner: Please tell us something about it...
Dadashri: No, it cannot be put in words. It is the matter of experience only. That stage will arrive by itself. Currently for you there is spiritual insight (sooj) working at the gross
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superficial (sthool) level. The other is at the subtlest (sookshmatam) level. And everyone communicates in his or her own language (bhasha), do they not? You may understand at the subtlest level and the other person is speaking at the gross level. Now how will he understand the subtlest level? He will of course speak at the gross level, will he not?
This Gnan that you have heard from me will keep working for you. You are listening about the knowledge of the path that I have taken, and that path will continue working for you. All you have to say is, 'Dada we want to follow your foot steps, and thereafter I will show you my entire path to you.
There is no problem once you are on the main line, is there? The solution is there even for the one who realizes that the train had taken the wrong path. The problem is when one continues on a path without knowing where it is leading. Such a person simply thinks he has made no mistakes.
Questioner: And he even believes it!?
Dadashri: Yes, and on top of that he protects his mistakes. But it is indeed your own fault to see anyone's fault. He has to see his own fault. What right does anyone else have to see his fault? One becomes a judge, without any purpose. Why utter anything before even knowing whether a mistake has been committed? It is out of self-interest that one says anything. What is the proof that the mistake is indeed of the other person?
Therefore this Vignan; this spiritual science will verily eradicate all the mistakes. Otherwise any other science cannot get rid of the faults. This kind of an opportunity will not come again. Hence it is best to proceed with caution, having been forewarned.
You should not evaluate your own level of spiritual progress within your mind as it will impede and halt your
