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chit). There is tremendous power in chit chamatkar.
Questioner : Why do they have bells in the temples?
Dadashri : To focus the chit. When the drums are playing
and the bells are ringing, both the mind and the chit remain
focused there for a while; however perfect focus or concentration
is not possible until one acquires the Self.
Things that distract the chit are all vishays (topics or
subjects of enjoyment and attachment). In this world everything
that takes place on the outside, is a vishaya. Everything into
which the chit wanders is vishaya. Eating and enjoying fritters or
ice cream is not a problem but if the chit becomes glued there
and keeps reminding you of ice cream and fritters, then that is
considered vishaya. Everything outside of Gnan is vishaya.
Whenever the chit grazes or indulges in anything but the
Self, seeds for the next birth are sown.
The chit always takes photographs, sometimes clear and
sometimes blurry. Whatever the quality of photographs you take,
that is the quality of the film you create and you will have to see
that film, you will have to endure it. So take good pictures. Do
not waste your film.
Ego
The fourth and the last component of the inner psychic
organ is the ego. It is the ego, which finally endorses what the
intellect decided in agreement with the mind or the chit. As long
as the ego does not endorse the decision, no action will take
place. The intellect is the light of the Self that comes through the
medium of the ego and so w