Aptavani 09

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Yet what do people tell me? 'This Chandulal is the way he always was, but 'we' are not concerned about that. In that situation what do 'we' tell them? 'We' tell them, "The Chandulal that you see is different from the Chandulal 'we' see.'People see faults, do they not? Will someone not say to you, you run after 'Dada' but you are still just the way you were before?' There 'You are not that obstinate 'one'. Nevertheless You should listen to what they tell you and then when you go home, 'You' have to tell Chandulal, 'People will tell you what they see and how they see you, so now you need to shape up. 'Dada' and I are with you and so straighten up in our presence.' Then he (Chandulal) will straighten up but otherwise a person cannot shape up even if he wants to; he would not be able to do so on his own. Or else a guru can also straighten him up but that guru has to be straight himself. However, it is difficult to find such a guru!
This Akram Vignan is like that So, the one who was obstinate is not T. This is how one vacates the whole place altogether. Then what else is left? The fone' who was in guilt became free from the liability of that guilt. The original guilty 'one' is left right where he was. The main guilty one was indeed 'he' (Chandulal). But 'You' (the real self) had unnecessarily become a partner. Now You have become straight have You not? Now that you have become straight, You will remove Chandulal's obstinacy. Chandulal's obstinacy will not leave as long as there is partnership with You. Now the partnership is broken and so You will remove Chandulal's obstinacy even through scolding, if necessary.
Therefore, the power of this Akram Vignan is such that it gives you the separation of 'The one that is obstinate is not 'T; I am a pure Soul (Shuddhatma).'
Questioner: So the one whom he is trying to improve does not improve even if he spends his entire life doing so, but that is not the Self to begin with. Is that how it is?
Dadashri: Yes, that is why there is no end to it. That is why one has to wander endlessly life after life.
That is why people said to the Tirthankara Lord, "Dear Lord, only the most fortunate attain the continuous link, which you also had received." The continuous link means that from here on, one continues to find a path that progresses further and then a path that moves further from there and then a path even further from that, and on and on, such a link. It is an unbroken link. It leads to the end (final liberation)!
Whereas these people do not find such an unbroken link and they end up way off course.
I too, had received this continuous link. I searched for myself trying to find out how all this came about. But that was because I had received a continuous link and that is why this whole Akram Vignan has manifested!
Therefore, the approach of "The one who is obstinate, is not 'Tis Akram Vignan and I am obstinate and I have to straighten out,' is the approach of the traditional Kramic path. If you become upset and noncompliant, you
will miss the train Questioner: Is getting upset and non-communicative (risavu) a form of obstinacy (aadayee)?
Dadashri: Then what else can you call it? Otherwise, where is the need to be upset and non-communicative (risavu)? A person cannot refrain from being obstinate. A slightest disagreement will result in him becoming obstinate (aadayee). All that is needed is a disagreement.
It is only when one becomes upset and non-communicative (risavu), that he becomes obstinate! A man's wife becomes upset and non-communicative (risavu) at the railway station. The man pleads with her, "Get on the train, otherwise the train will leave and you will have to spend the night here. She would