Aptavani Shreni 04

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

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spirituality, and the awareness of the Self. They are all in a state of dormancy on this matter. The entire world is sleeping.
Playing with Toys Awareness of the pudgal (non-Self complex) means to be absorbed only in that which is temporary. Hence the entire world is just 'playing' with “toys”.
In this life, it is worth ‘sleeping’ with Your eyes open (with awareness as the Self). You will no longer play with toys, after you have attained the awareness of the Self. The eternal awareness is present when one 'plays' with that which is permanent. Otherwise, 'toys' continue to break and make you cry; break and make you cry, over and over again. That is the nature of all that is temporary. How long do you have to play with these toys? What happens when you give a child a toy, and it breaks? He will cry, will he not? Likewise, people play with 'toys' (their children and relatives, etc.) and when these 'toys' are broken, they too cry. Someone will cry, ‘My son has died! Look here! It was just a 'toy' that broke! A child does not know that if his toy breaks, he can get another one. The worldly life is not painful, but unawareness (ajagruti) is.
Questioner: Is moksha a 'toy' or not?
Dadashri: No, no, it is not a toy. What is a toy? It is something that is temporary; it breaks and gets destroyed. This moksha will never go away. Every living being wants happiness; he wants eternal happiness. Eternal happiness will never leave. It will not leave even if someone were to cut your ear off, or pick your pocket or do anything else to you. That is because the Self has no liking for the ‘toy'. It has no relation with it.
Awareness Itself Will Result in Moksha
Questioner: Are moksha and awakened awareness (jagruti) the same?