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back up with a small tap. Whereas Gnata-Drashta is always awake (jagrut).
Questioner: Is samata a state of the mind?
Dadashri: It is a state of the mind, but when can the state of the mind remain like that? It only remains if there is awareness and Gnan within. Otherwise, the mind always leans towards one side or another. When does samata remain? It is when one attains the Atma (the Self).
As long as you are ‘Chandubhai' vishamta (raag-dwesh, attachment-abhorrence) is bound to occur, and when the awareness of "I am Shuddhatma" occurs, Your work is done.
Desire, Satisfaction, Contentment
You get satisfaction (santosh) from eating, drinking and enjoying worldly things, but you do not get contentment (trupti) from that. With satisfaction, new seeds of karma are sown. However, when contentment (trupti) arises, desire (trushna) will not remain. Desire leaves. There is a great difference between contentment (trupti) and satisfaction (santosh). Everyone experiences satisfaction, but only few experience contentment. With satisfaction, come further thoughts. If you ate cheesecake, you will have satisfaction, but a desire for it will remain. That is called satisfaction (santosh). With contentment (trupti), however, there is no desire again and you will not even think about it again. A person who has contentment (trupti), will not have a single thought about sex again. No matter how much understanding people may have, they have become ensnared by sexual pleasures, because they do not have contentment! The science of the Vitarag brings You contentment (trupti).
People say, "I am eating." Hey! Aren't you merely putting out the fire of the hunger? The thirst for water is fine, but the thirst for money is very dangerous. No kind of "water" can quench such a 'thirst'.
