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Kaliyug is like the night that follows the day. Does it not? That is how Kaliyug is. It is because of Kaliyug, that Satyug (Age of unity in mind, speech and action) is called Satyug. If there were no Kaliyug, Satyug would have no value.
Questioner: Is man subject to yug (age of time cycle) or is yug subject to man?
Dadashri: Man is presently subject to time. But the muda samaya (time as an eternal element) has arisen because of you (because of the belief I am this non-Self). 'You' (the Self) yourself are the king, and all this has come about in the king's wake.
Questioner: Is samaya (time) God, and is samaya (time) Parmeshwar (absolute God)?
Dadashri: Time cannot be Parmeshwar. Otherwise, people would go around chanting, "Time, Time..." (Instead of God). You yourself are Parmeshwar, and you need to know that Time is just a nimit (instrumental) in the middle.
How much difference is there between 'Us-the Gnani Purush' and You? 'We' have conquered time. People are consumed by time. 'You' still have to conquer time. How can you conquer time? The past is forgotten. The future is in the hands of scientific circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit); therefore, You need to remain in the present. So then time can be conquered. As You go on to do our 'Akram' samayik, You will learn how to hold onto the present. It does not come straight to you. When You do samayik (being the Self and 'seeing' the self) for an hour, You are in the present (vartaman).
What does it mean, to stay in the present (vartaman)? When you are writing down your financial accounts, don't you stay fully focused on your accounts? If you (your mind) drift off into the future, you will make errors in your accounting. If you remain in the present, it is possible not to make a single
