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maintain this much awareness and alertness and do not get involved in any other discussions.
When you digest my words, they will grow and come out in speech. That is a different thing. However the words must be as they are, without any change in tone, intent and meaning for the listener. The speech must not be made up or fabricated through imagination and intellect. What is the big hurry for you anyway, at this time? Do you want to remain as a child of Dada or do you want to become big and famous?
Questioner: I want to remain as a child of Dada.
Dadashri: That is it. There is fun in remaining as a child. That way there is a safe side and no danger for you. 'Dada' has to carry you. And if someone says, 'I have grown up,' then 'we' tell him, 'yes, then go out and play on your own.' 'We' try to make him understand, 'do not become 'big' and take off on your own. but if he insists that he wants to, then 'we' let him go. 'Go ahead! You will come back when you get hurt and learn your lesson.' Our Gnan is such that it will not refrain from teaching you a lesson.
'You' simply have to tell your relative-self, 'Chandulal, 'we' know what you are like. So do not trap 'us'.' 'You' should talk to him this way. Tell him, "We' are with you when you become learned and proficient in this matter, but if you trap 'us' in trouble, then you will be sorry!'
This is how everyone has grown up, have they not? A child will learn to climb and if he falls, he will get up again and so on. First, he learns to push the walker around for support and then he learns to walk on his own. So this is the way to learn. Is this not the only way?
So if you want to complete the work (of your own salvation), then remember only one thing: if someone asks you anything, just tell them, 'I don't know anything, please go to Dadaji.'
Aptavani-9
Hold the silence to attain the ultimate state of liberation
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Do not get involved in discussion (conduct satsang) with people until you have attained your goal of absolute liberation (purnahuti). It is not something worth getting into. Yes, you may say this much to people, 'Go there, over there, the satsang is very good, this is how you may attain it, etc. You may say this much, but do not preach anything. This is not something you can preach (updesh) to others. This is Akram Vignan; the science of a short-cut and step-free path to Self-realization.
For those who have attained Dada's Gnan, what they speak comes out is solely on the basis of Dada's Gnan and hearing such a speech, the world will surrender everything to him. What happens when people surrender in this way? He will be left trapped and hanging. All those kashayas of subtle pride, greed, self-validation, ego, and deception that have been laying dormant (upsham) within, will ignite. These words have tremendous appeal and attraction. This Gnan is very attractive. Therefore, remain silent. If you want to get complete benefit (liberation) then remain silent. If you want to open up a 'shop', then you are free to talk. But such a shop will hardly have any customers, and it will not last. It is because this is a 'given Gnan -you have been given this knowledge, and so it will not be long before it vanishes. Such a shop runs for a while in the Kramic -traditional path of liberation. It lasts for two or five or even ten life times but then, that too vanishes. Opening a shop is tantamount to selling off your siddhi - stock of spiritual energy attained so far. That which has been attained is being abused and sold off.
Goshada was a disciple of Lord Mahavir. He was a very special disciple of the Lord. However, towards the end he became an adversary of the Lord. He had spent a lot of time with the Lord. As time went by he began to feel that he understood all the Gnan. He left the Lord, went off on his own
