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[24] Gnan Rescues Those Drowning in the River of ...
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Those who want to get rid of their mistakes should do alochana to Me. If someone has made a big mistake and he wants to remove it, then the moment he does alochana to Me, that mistake is tied up (it will not be free to occur again). His mind becomes tied up (surrendered) to Me. So how can he untie it then? Then 'we' shower him with the Lord's grace; but his mind must become bound with us.' Why would I bother with all this on my own? So when he comes on his own to Me and requests Me to help him, then I will give him the cure. Why would I go to everyone's home and ask?
things that create contempt. All other things such as, 'I happened to steal something the other day, or, 'I ended up lying to him, or 'I cheated him can be discussed here openly. But some things require to be said to me in private. Do you not recognize a secret? You were aware of all the secrets before you attained Gnan, were you not? Similarly, after attaining Gnan, would you not know what a secret is? There is no problem if there are no secrets.
Questioner: So, Dada, those mistakes have come into my vision.
Whatever the benefit, at least one gains that much. Otherwise, there is no end to this. And the one who has a lot of awareness and has a desire to cleanse, he will come to Me. If he comes and tells me in privacy and confidence that he has made such and such a mistake, then that mistake is bound and arrested. A mistake always gets arrested when you do the alochana. And once it is arrested, it can no longer stick to you.
Confess to Me only the mistakes the world accepts when confessed in the presence of others. All other mistakes, tell Me only in private. Many people talk to Me about their mistakes in private. They are personal. If the mistakes are openly declared, people will misuse the information. Only the Gnani will not misuse it. Other people will misuse the information the moment they learn of it.
Dadashri: Having come into vision means that you have known your mistakes but they still remain hidden, do they not? You have deposited them, have you not?
If a person likes vegetables and he eats too much, people will complain that he eats too much. Then he will say, 'I want to eat. Who are you to tell me otherwise?' So what does it mean to be keeping a secret in this world? It means that when something is disclosed, people will start to complain and criticize, 'You did that!? Is this what you've resorted to?' These are all the things that people of the world disapprove of and criticize (loknindya). Will anyone scold you for shaving in the middle of the street in the daytime? If you say you want to shave in the daylight, on the street, you can say it, couldn't you? Someone may say that he wants to shave sitting on the toilet. You have to tell him to go ahead and do whatever he wants. People are free to do things like that. Those are not activities that one has to hide from.
(424) True Alochana No one has done true alochana. That is the very obstacle that prevents one from going to moksha. There is no problem with the mistakes. And if one is able to do true alochana, there is no problem. And alochana has to be done to a Gnani Purush
When people sit in a group to eat, one will eat a lot of vegetables and sweets, but at least he eats in a group, does he not? That is not considered as hiding your mistakes; hiding or covering up mistakes is where people go behind closed doors. Things they do in secret behind closed doors. It is where people look for darkness. You do not go around looking for such darkness, do you? Those are called secret deeds. Now if you were to disclose those kinds of clandestine mistakes here, you will experience aversion from people. You cannot talk about
