Aptavani-1 111
to be a profit of thousand dollars, let it be and if there is a loss of a thousand dollars, let that be too. Accept both profit and loss with equanimity. It is all under the control of vyavasthit and not under your control. If it were under your control, you would not allow your hair to turn gray. You will some how find a way to keep them black.
A man without deceit looks simple and straightforward. One feels good just looking at his face. Whereas the face of a deceitful person looks laden, as if he has just swallowed some castor oil. Once you become the Self( Self-Realized), will you not have to clean up your old baggage? Will you not have to repay all that you have taken? The baggage you have filled through deceit will have to be paid back even through suffering. That is why I say,“ Honesty is the best policy and dishonesty is the best foolishness.”
Function Of The Intellect And Function Of Gnan
To know what is impure( ashuddha), auspicious( shoobha) and inauspicious( ashoobha) is the function of the intellect and not Gnan. Gnan’ s only function is to observe and know the pure( shuddha). But the intellect makes you believe the known( gneya) to be the knower( gnata).“ I am Chandulal’ is that which is to be known( gneya), but the intellect makes you believe it as the knower( gnata). Such is the intellect, the ego is always mixed with the intellect and it believes the known to be the knower. How can you experience liberation when you believe the function of the intellect to be the function of Gnan?
A great seeming closeness may be perceived by the intellect but it is beyond the reach of intellect to perceive the known as the known, and the knower as the knower because the intellect itself is an object to be known and therefore it cannot see the real truth.
This world has no beginning or an end. Even in this matter