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Dadashri: Yes, and it does not become absorbed (tanmayakar) with anything that it does not like. This means that as long as the self does not become bhaavya, nothing will happen.
Questioner: So does it mean that as long as one does not become absorbed in (tanmayakar), the picture is not drawn' yet?
Dadashri: It is fine if you do not become absorbed (tanmayakar), but 'it' (self) will not be able to manage that. Only if the self has the awareness of the Self, then it will not become absorbed (tanmayakar). The Bhaavak Forever Changing in the
Samsaran Path The bhaavako will also continue to change. The bhaavako on the tenth mile, are different from the ones on the eleventh mile and the ones on the twelfth mile will be even more different. That is because all living beings are all on a course of progression (samsaran path). So in reality, there is no real ‘doer'. Neither the Atma, nor the pudgal (the non-Self complex) is the 'doer' in this world. If the pudgal were the 'doer', then it would have to suffer, and if the Self were the 'doer’, it would have to suffer. But neither the Atma suffers anything, nor does the pudgal suffer anything. It is just the ego that suffers.
Questioner: Everything that has arisen, has come about because we have brought it with us in our intents (ashaya), is that not so?
Dadashri: No, no intents (ashaya) or anything of the sort. People have just become trapped. If it did happen because of your intention (ashaya), then you would be considered the guilty one; you would be the ‘doer'.
Questioner: All that has arisen prior to one attaining
