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Questioner: And that is not easy.
Dadashri: If it was easy then everyone would have done it. It is itself difficult, it is not easy. It is extremely difficult. Because it is so difficult, just to understand this much, so many scriptures have been written. But that in itself is very difficult.
There are certain things that you like and sometimes things you do not. ‘One' (the Self) comes across agreeable circumstances, and disagreeable circumstances. When a likeable circumstance (saiyog) comes along, the Vitarag says: that nothing is worth liking, nor is it worth disliking, You (the Self) should remain free from this. That is because there is no such thing to not like. Besides, You bind yourself when you consider something to be good. When you call something good, you will be calling something else bad. Since you say one thing is good, you will undoubtedly say the other thing is bad.
So what does the Vitarag (one without attachment and abhorrence) say? That it is all circumstances (saiyogo). And that it is you, who have created the differences; that this circumstance (saiyog) is good, and that circumstance is bad. All that the Vitarags have said about circumstances is that they are all circumstances. And moreover, that the nature of these circumstances is that they dissipate (viyogi); therefore, do not allow any circumstance to become likable to you, so that you do not have to push away any circumstance that you may not like. If you try to push it away, then you forgo your final liberation (moksha). If any disagreeable circumstance (saiyog) should come along, and you push that circumstance away, you will again get caught up in the entanglement. Therefore, instead of pushing the circumstance away, end it with intent of equanimity (samata bhaav). Circumstances by their own nature, are transient (viyogi). The circumstance will disperse on its own, so you do not have to become fretful. And in spite of that, if you are confronted with circumstances you dislike, and you try to avoid them by going the wrong way, even then, time will not spare
