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your prakruti in this way. Any amount of protection of the prakruti is wrong. Let the prakruti play its role with You meeting your obligation as the neighbor. But, how can You protect it in this way?
If someone tells you to get out of the car, then you should tell your prakruti, you are being told to get off, so please do so.' If later, the same person says, 'Come in the car. You should say, 'Please get in, you are being invited in.'
Questioner: I cannot remember this is prakruti' during every circumstance.
Dadashri: That much awareness (jagruti) will not remain and that is why 'we' keep telling you this over and over again, so that you remain aware. But here when 'we' wake one up, he tells me he is getting up but he turns over and goes right back to 'sleep!
We have the wonderful knowledge of vyavasthit, do we not? Is vyavasthit not a great knowledge-tool (sadhan)?
Questioner: It is a great tool. It is wonderful.
Dadashri: It will all come to an end, will it not? You are convinced of that are you not?
Questioner: But, in our Gnan, will the 'I-ness' go away when we understand vyavasthit exactly?
Dadashri: Yes it will. I have given you vyavasthit for the purpose of becoming free from 'I-ness. It is a scientific thing (vastu) and that is why it is exact. It is not something that has been conjured up or made up. The dependency (avlamban) that has been given to You is not wrong: it is exact.
Questioner: One does not want to let go of 'I-ness' and yet he talks about attaining the Self, what is that all about?
Dadashri: Yes that is why 'we' are saying that if the 'lness' goes away, everything will run on its own. Why hang on
to it without any use? Just let go of it! But one is not likely to do so, is he? He will worry about, 'This will happen or that will happen!
'One (potey becomes the Self upon attaining Gnan. Then he says, prakruti is not mine, and then what does he do? He protects the prakruti. He is quick to protect the prakruti, is he not?
Questioner: That is exactly what one does.
Dadashri: What are you saying? He protects it? This protection that occurs is verily what you have to 'see' lovoo). It will all shed off on its own gradually as you come to know Canvoo) this. There is nothing to be done to let go of it suddenly. Nothing can be accomplished suddenly. Otherwise one will have problems. It is through knowing (janvoo) that it will dissipate gradually.
'I-ness' in the things one likes
Questioner: Please explain with examples where I-ness' is ordinarily present?
Dadashri: You see your 'I-ness' when someone gives you your favorite ice cream and then takes it away before you had a chance to taste it. You will see your 'I-ness' when someone takes your favorite things away from you. In all such instances, you will be able to see your 'I-ness' very clearly.
When your fondness for 'I-ness' goes away, so will the 'I-ness. Is it likely to go away as long as there is fondness for
Questioner: I did not understand that. Are you talking about fondness for things or fondness for the 'I-ness'?
Dadashri: Only when the fondness for 'I-ness' goes away. There is no problem if fondness for all other thing does not go; fondness for 'I-ness' is very strong indeed. One will be
