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Aptavani-8
One Attains Moksha Leisurely in the Lift of
the Akram Path Questioner: You have said that for Atmagnan (Knowledge of the Self), the step-less path of Akram is easier than the step-by-step Kramic path.
Dadashri: Yes, the Akram path means a 'lift' path. And Kramic means staircase; you have to climb step-by-step. And Akram means you have to get inside a lift. You do not have to do anything and you go straight to moksha. If you had to do anything, it would mean that you have not met 'us'. Therefore, you do not have to do a thing. We only give you the Five Agnas (directives) just so that you do not stick your hands and feet out of the elevator.
Questioner: But that path is not easy to find anywhere.
Dadashri: No, it is there! It is wide open, and thousands of people have taken it. At least some twenty-five thousand people are on it, and you say you cannot find it, how can you say that? The path is there, but it is only a matter of you coming across it. But the timing has to be right. When the timing is right, you will find the path.
When you find all the mind's solutions, the timing will be right. The mind will become satisfied that the path is right. Thereafter the train will get on to the tracks; otherwise it will never get on. And the train will keep traveling on the illusion (bhranti) line, and never come on the main line. And there would not be anyone anywhere on the main line. They are all on the illusory (bhrant) lines. Besides the Akram path (marg) is on the main line. That is why this is a 'full-stop' line; it is not a 'comma' path (marg).
What does the Kramic path mean? It means a step-bystep path. That is, if one finds a sant purush (saint; holy man), he would have climbed five thousand steps. Then if he meets an
