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Aptavani-4
Dadashri: No, no. Not shata-ashata vedaniya. Vedaniya (suffering) can only be called vedaniya (suffering). Whereas this is bhaavako. They make you do all kinds of bhaav. You may not want to be afraid of anything; you may be free from fear, but the moment you see a snake, it will immediately make you do a bhaav of fear. Would it make you do that or not?
Questioner: It will. Is that called vikalp?
Dadashri: No. It is not even called vikalp. As you see the snake pass, you become involved (tanmayakar) with the bhaav of fear prompted by the bhaavako of fear. It is the bhaavak of fear. Worldly Knowledge Is the Bhaavak's Support!
This worldly knowledge is such that it makes one become bhaavak. If You have the main Gnan, then it would not dare bother You. Gnan means 'I am Shuddhatma'. Once you have this awareness of 'I am Shuddhatma’, the bhaavak no longer has any influence. But until then the bhaavak will continue to push and manipulate you. It will push you from here and from there, making you collide, just like a football.
Questioner: In which part of the antahkaran (the mind, intellect, chit and ego) is the bhaavako located? Is it in the mind?
Dadashri: No. The bhaavako is even separate from the antahkaran! It is not a part of the antahkaran. The antahkaran will do what the bhaavako makes it do. The bhaavako makes the atma (self) murchhit (immersed in illusion), and so the atma (self) becomes the bhaavya. This then starts up the antahkaran. And if you have the awareness of, ‘I am Shuddhatma (pure Soul)', then even if thousands of such bhaavako were to come along, you would not have any problem. The bhaavak (which makes one do bhaav) inside is not alone. There is a krodhak (which makes one do anger), a
