Flawless Vision

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

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The Flawless Vision
The Flawless Vision
playing cards he must be aware and from within he should tell himself this is wrong, this is wrong, this is wrong. This should be the constant integral feeling within him. And if someone were to criticize him for playing cards, he must not defend his actions by saying that it is good to play cards. If he does so, the habit will be perpetuated. At such a moment, he should admit that it is indeed a bad habit. People keep a habit alive by defending it and then they complain about not being able to break it. So don't reinforce your habits by defending them.
I also dealt with a similar experience through which I managed to find a way out. Although I have some faults like my pipe smoking, yet from within I am opposed to it. Things should not make you dependent on them. However, if you do become dependent on things, you should know how to be free from them. You become free the moment you discover the method to freedom and that is to harbor the contrary opinion. In no time your habit will leave you. A habit is considered broken only when it breaks by itself. If you venture to break it forcefully through your ego, it remains unresolved and you will be forced to face it in your next life. It is better that you break the habit through understanding.
So whatever habits you may have, whether it is playing cards or anything else, you may indulge in them as long as you oppose it from within your mind and tell yourself, this should not be so', 'this should not be so', 'this should not be so'.
Suppose while giving a spiritual discourse to a gathering of a thousand listeners if someone openly lashes at you saying, 'what is the meaning of your preaching when you yourself cannot let go of your card playing habit?' At such a time you must not defend and hide your habit. You must openly admit that playing cards is indeed your weakness.
Questioner: Should I confess my mistake in front of a
thousand people?
Dadashri: All you have to do is confess so the cards will not overpower you. If you do not, then the cards will takeover. They will assume that you are a weakling and that they can stick around. So confess it at any time, even if it hurts your reputation. Not just your reputation, but even if it means that you will be insulted, you should confess. You should be staunch in your confession
If you want to be in control of your mind, you can do it through confession. If you confess all your weaknesses, your mind will come under your control, otherwise it will not. If you do not confess your weaknesses, your mind will become careless and unruly because it will know that you will not expose it.
Confessions To A Gnani Your mistakes will leave you the instant you confess them to me. I really do not need to know, but it is a way for you to become free from your mistakes. You can only confess your mistakes to a fully enlightened being. Only such a person is flawless. Everyone else has flaws. I am never astonished by any of your confessions. I never feel that one fault is graver than another. To me, both are equal, the one who confesses and the one who hides. All human beings are prone to make mistakes, so why should you be afraid? Confess to the One who can destroy mistakes and ask him to show you how.
Your Intuition Grows In This Way... Once you destroy your mistakes, you will have accomplished your work. How will you do this? You have within you a power called intuition. Do you not find a way out of a problem when you are confused? Even if you do nothing, don't