Flawless Vision

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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The Flawless Vision
The Flawless Vision
People will never realize their mistakes unless a Gnani Purush points them out. There are infinite such mistakes, not just a few.
Questioner: I can only see a few mistakes of mine, not many.
Dadashri: When you sit here in this satsang, many veils of ignorance are lifted enabling you to see more of your mistakes.
Questioner: How do we acquire the awareness, which allows us to see more of our faults?
Dadashri: You have a lot of awareness within you, but you have not developed the inclination yet to look for your mistakes. If a policeman wishes to look for a thief, he will find one. If on the other hand he just casually says, 'It's not worth going after a crook. We'll just catch him when he comes along.' the thief would thrive. Likewise, these faults are hiding from you, and if you go in search of them, you will catch them in no time.
What is the fruit of all your life labor? You have really earned something only when you can see your faults one after another. This entire satsang is about trying to see your own faults. Only when you can see your own faults, will you be rid of them. When will you see those faults? You will see them when you become Self-Realized. You are a spiritually elevated being when you can see more and more of your own faults. When you become totally impartial towards your physical behaviour, your thoughts and your speech, you will be able to see all your mistakes.
Questioner: I see many of my faults. I see my anger and my greed.
Dadashri: That is just a handful and it's the same as not having seen them at all. But when you see others' faults, how many of them do you see?
Questioner: A lot of them. Dadashri: Do you see many? Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: You even criticize the way people walk and yet you cannot see any faults of your own. Your inner enemies of anger, pride, attachment and greed obscure your vision and blind you. You wander around blindly with your eyes open. What invited suffering!
With their eyes open, all human beings of the world are sleeping. This is what Lord Mahavir has said, because people are hurting themselves in this darkness. When you acquire the knowledge that you are the Pure Soul, you awaken from this sleep and are able to see your mistakes. Only then are you truly awake! When The Intellect is The Lawyer, The Mistake Wins
Once you are awakened to The Self, you become aware of your mistakes; otherwise you can never see your own faults or mistakes. Perhaps you will see a few obvious ones, and may even admit to others that on occasion you get angry or that you have a little miserly streak in you. If someone were to tell you that you have a bad temper, you will immediately become defensive. You would protect your mistakes by arguing in their defense. Whenever you try to defend an inner enemy, it will always overpower you.
Everyone in this world seeks to rid himself of his anger,
Darkness Prevents Us From Seeing Our Faults
Dadashri: How many of your faults are you able to see and how many of them do you erase?