Aptavani Shreni 04

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust

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And the one who ‘washes' them off after they occur through repentance (pratikraman) is awake and alert (jagrut). And the one who is exceptionally alert will turn the kashays around even before they occur. Furthermore, the one who ‘fuels' the kashays is terribly ignorant.
The vision that sees one's own faults is the measure of awareness. The vision that sees faults of others shrouds one's awareness with serious ‘veils' (coverings). The Gnani sits on the summit of awareness. His subtler (sookshmatar) and subtlest (sookshmatam) mistakes, hurt no one; he sees them in Gnan and he 'washes' them away. He is faultless (nirdosh) and he sees the world as being faultless - this is called the state of awareness. The highest awareness is that while conversing with someone, he has the continuous awareness (laksha) that the other person is pure Soul (Shuddhatma).
In the Kramic path, the traditional step-by-step path to Self-realization, the awareness of the intention (bhaav jagruti, 'cause' karma) is considered the best of all; whereas in the path of Akram Vignan, the current, unique, non-sequential and direct path to Self-realization, the Self-awareness which is beyond intent or non-intent (bhaav-abhaav), is easily gained by the grace of the Gnani! The constant presence of the complete knowledge in the form of Gnata (the ‘Knower') and the gneya (object to be known) is called complete awareness! To ceaselessly remain in the special directives (Agnas) of the Gnani Purush is considered a high level of awareness! The application of seeing pure Soul in every living being is also a high level of awareness.
Initially, the awareness arises in the worldly interactions (vyavahar). After that, one 'sleeps' in the worldly interactions and awakens to the awareness of the Self (nischay). When there is no conflict anywhere, when there is no dissension as a result of differing opinion, one is said to be in the awareness of