Aptavani Shreni 04

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

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increases to 360° is called absolute enlightenment (Kevalgnan). Awareness at 359° is still considered an awakened awareness (jagruti).
Anger (krodh), pride (maan), deceit (maya), and greed (lobh) are all unawareness. If someone asks me: “Explain to me, how is all that unawareness?” Then I will just ask him: “Do you not want to get rid of your anger, pride, deceit and greed?” As long as he says, “Yes, I do want to get rid of them," he has awareness. But to 'feed' anger, pride, deceit and greed is unawareness. The very things you want to get rid of, will stick around if you keep feeding. If you stop fueling them for three years, they will not remain. Humans are unaware (ajagrut), and so are the animals. So they can both be considered equal, can they not? Such a being does not benefit from the human life.
The Vision That Sees the Fault of the 'self'
When a person can see his own faults, then know that he has attained the awareness; otherwise, everyone walks in his 'sleep.' There is no need to worry too much about whether or not all the mistakes (dosh) are gone, but awareness is crucial. After attaining awareness, new mistakes will not arise and the old ones will continue to leave. 'You' (the Self) just simply ‘see' how those mistakes arise.
Understand that you are ready for moksha, when you can see your own mistakes. Without awareness, no one can see his own faults. But if he needed to, he can easily see two to five hundred or so faults in others. If your faults are causing harm to others, You (the Self) should tell ‘Chandubhai' (non-Self), “Do pratikraman.” No one has ever gone to moksha by hurting anyone in the slightest degree. If you eat mangoes and fried bread (puris) every day, there is no problem, but it is not possible for one to hurt anyone, and then go to moksha. What you eat or drink here, are of no significance over there. Only kashays (anger, pride, deceit, greed) are objectionable there;