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Aptavani-8
Questioner: Does, “it happens' mean that you cannot do anything yourself?
Dadashri: Yes, that is it. When one tries to do it himself, the illusion (bhranti) arises, and because he then becomes the doer (karta), the worries occur. Now do you understand? You yourself are a non-doer (akarta), but you have assumed the state of doer (karta), and having assumed the state of the doer, you now assume the state of the sufferer (bhokta); because you went out to do, you became the sufferer. And that is why there is worry, anxiety and trouble, all day long. Therefore, even if someone insults you, you feel hurt.
The reason why, I have to give you this Gnan (Knowledge) is so that you, come into your own nature (swabhav). Thereafter, the Atma (the Self), will stay in the Atma, and the anatma (nonSelf), will remain in the anatma. In every jiva (living entity), there is chetan (Soul), and all it does, is gives light; it does nothing else.
All this that is temporary (vinashi), is relative, and “All these relatives are temporary adjustments, and you are real and permanent.” However, the temporary and the permanent have both become integrated. 'We' separate the two, by placing a line of demarcation between them, so you have, “This is that and this is not that."
Questioner: What happens to the permanent (avinashi) when it separates from the temporary (vinashi)?
Dadashri: Then one no longer has these miseries (dukh). A person does not have these miseries of sansar (the worldly life) any longer of, “this is what happened, that is what happened.' And even when it is time to die, he is not afraid; even when his pocket is picked, he feels no grief (dukh); even if his wife swears at him he feels no grief – he feels no unhappiness (dukh) whatsoever! Therefore, when the permanent (avinashi) separates from the temporary (vinashi), they both remain in their own nature (swabhav). What else could happen?
