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Aptavani-1
people have used their intellect and confused the issue. How do
you benefit from knowing whether this world has a beginning or
an end? This world has no beginning or an end; this analogy is
like a circle. How can there be a beginning or and end in a
circle? It is only when you go beyond the intellect and become
a Gnani that you will realize that the world has neither a beginning
nor an end.
Svachhanda (acting according to one’s own whim and
beliefs) is deluded intellect. People do terrible harm to themselves
through svachhhand. To act according to your own understanding
is called svachhanda, regardless of what you are doing, whether
you are doing something good, bad or reading the scriptures. A
single misunderstanding in reading the scripture will become the
cause behind endless rounds of rebirth for you. So beware of
svachaand.
From the moment your wrong intellect (vipreet buddhi)
begins, you are whole and sole responsible for it. God does not
take any responsibility in those situations. Wrong intellect brings
misery to both, the giver and the receiver.
There are two kinds of intellects : internal and external.
Indians have internal intellect and the foreigners have external
intellect. Those with internal intellect suffer more, because the
more developed the intellect, the greater the internal suffering.
The foreigners are natural and spontaneous by nature whereas
the Indians are natural in certain matters and deliberately difficult
in others. However for spirituality, only the internal intellect is
helpful.
The intellect that searches externally finds nothing but
‘prickly shrubs’. One would benefit only if one searches within.
People’s intellect wanders outside incessantly and consequently
gets exhausted. It is only when I bestow upon you the intellect
that wanders within, that your work for liberation will be done.