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UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
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Questioner: I did not quite understand what You just said about, 'seeing' the Seer in the samayik?
Dadashri: Besides the Self, even the intellect (buddhi) has its own energy (shakti) and that is why it is able to see everything on the outside; it can see all worldly things. And 'it' (pragnya) 'sees' all these mistakes. And so this 'knowing' (janavani) energy is of the Self.
The Self is swa-par prakashak (that which illuminates the Self and the non-Self). So it can 'see' both.
Questioner: But you said that 'it' 'sees' the Seer.
Dadashri: Yes, there, it is actually the absolute Self that is 'involved. That is why 'we' made the distinction. It is verily the swa-par prakashak (the awakened Self, the gnani bavo, the one who attained the Gnan) who is working there. And that is why You have the assurance that there is the swa-par prakashak (awakened one within), and that is the entity doing the work; this You have 'seen.' Hence You have 'seen' the Seer (the swa-par prakashak). There is no other study for the Seer other than to 'see.' Now here 'we' are convinced about who did the 'seeing.' The answer is the Seer. That is why 'we' say, 'I' 'saw' the Seer.
Questioner: You are in samayik twenty-four hours, are You not?
Dadashri: Yes, the samayik is always there. Samayik is
a natural attribute, is it not? That is because the Self is sam, and it verily is samayik. When the self comes into the Self (swabhav), it is a state of samayik. But the Gnani Purush is beyond samayik. He has many other attributes that are manifest. He has many natural attributes.
The Self is Samayik
You are not the doer of the samayik; You are not the
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doer of pratikraman. It is the unfolding karma effect (udayakarma) that makes you do them, and yet these sadhus claim out of ignorance, 'I did samayik. I am doing it.' It is all ignorance (agnan) that has taken hold.
Questioner: Equanimity (sambhav) means samayik, so does one have to do samayik if he can maintain equanimity?
Dadashri: The Self verily is samayik. You have attained this Gnan and if You remain in my Agnas, that is considered samayik all day long.
And you do not have to do that other samayik. This is just to wash off past mistakes. This is a kind of very elevated pratikraman. It washes off past mistakes. People call it a samayik. However, the Self is itself samayik and having attained the Self, one can remain in samayik the whole day. Jai Sat Chit Anand
