Non Violence

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

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the experience of mosquito biting a hundred or two hundred times, he will attain the non-suffering state.
Questioner : You have talked about the non-sufferer, but then you have also mentioned eternal bliss of the Self.
What does it mean to be a non-suffer? It means to know that the mosquito has bitten the body, and where it has bitten. He does not have any suffering. In reality, the Real Self does not experience any suffering, but whatever apparent suffering he endures, is because of his previous habit of saying that the mosquito has bitten him.
Dadashri : You cannot use the word "the bliss of the Self'. It refers to a very high state of being, the ultimate state. For now, you should simply use the word "the non-sufferer'. By using this word, your suffering will decrease. It will not cease immediately. Bliss of The Self means Gnan: The Knowledge itself. One is purely in the 'knowing' state. The sting may hurt intensely but the Real Self is merely the Knower of the event and does not experience any suffering at all. That is called the Bliss of the Real Self.
You need to understand completely the state of the Pure Soul. This will happen by constantly remaining in this satsang. For now, you can get by with just repeating that you are Pure Soul. Doing this will stop the binding of karma. When you become free from the false belief that you are the body, you cease to bind karma.
Questioner : Is the reaction of, 'the mosquito bit me', that follows the mosquito bite, the same reaction that is acknowledged in the bliss of the Self?
Dadashri : Yes. He is the Knower of that too. He is the knower of the one who says, "the mosquito bit me.'
Questioner : So, when a mosquito bites me, should I simply say, "I am not the sufferer?"
Dadashri : Yes. If a mosquito lands on your arm while you are sitting here, your initial experience will be the knowledge that it has landed; you will become aware of this. At this precise moment are you in the state of awareness or are you in the state of suffering? What do you think?
Questioner : You have told us to repeat, 'I am not suffering. I am not suffering', but then people around would think that the suffering is gone.
Questioner : When it sits on my arm, I am aware of it.
Dadashri : Yes, and that same state of knowledge is also there when it bites you. But when you say, "the mosquito bit me!' you become the sufferer. In reality, you are not the sufferer. You are only the knower. When the mosquito bites you, say 'I am not the sufferer' and when it bites you more, repeat, I am not the sufferer.'
Dadashri : No, that is not so. He is the Knower of the suffering as well, but people do not have the capacity to remain in the 'knowing state when they experience suffering. But if he were to utter, 'I am not the sufferer' the suffering would not affect him. The inherent nature of the Soul is that it has no suffering, so that when one says, 'I am not the sufferer', he truly remains unaffected. The state of the Bliss of The Self is much higher. As one begins to remain in the state of awareness, one moves towards this state. In that state, not only does one have the knowledge of the sting, but also the knowledge of when the