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coolness to everyone. Now if that particular holy man emits coolness, would you not think that there must be something there? But I would tell you that there is nothing there. It is because all he has done is thwarted his tendencies. Because he has beaten those tendencies, everything is stilled, and so it becomes helpful for others; however, he will have to stir them up again; only then will it work. Now how would the world know all this?
Questioner: But can they change the vision (drashti)?
Dadashri: The vision does not change: the tendencies will change. Except for some egos and certain tendencies, all other tendencies can be destroyed. We have many of these people over here, who are such experimentalists. And wherever they happen to be sitting, the surrounding atmosphere appears so beautiful! I myself have witnessed this. Nevertheless I discovered that there is nothing of substance here. You realize that when you ask them about Gnan.
Questioner: Of course there would not be!
Dadashri: So where there is no Gnan, there is no spirituality either. These are all paths of the material world (aadhibhautik). In times gone by, there used to be spiritual paths. In the present age, that which is not spiritual, people call spiritual.
Questioner: Dada, what if a person accepts that he is a blank piece of paper, that he is a clean slate?
Dadashri: If he accepts that, then it is very good; it would really be a wise thing.
Questioner: Then would his vision (drashti) also change?
Dadashri: Certainly it would change, but there should be someone that can change it for him. This practice (vyavahar), of needing someone to change one's vision has been going on
