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gone, your work will be done.
This world is such that you should not be doing anything
driven by your self-guided whims and intellect. Until you meet
the Gnani, follow the advice of a person whose spiritual level is
even five percent higher than yours. This is so critical that the
Gnani Purush Shrimad Rajchandra has said :
“Do not seek anything except a Self-realized One.
Having found Him, surrender all your feelings and intents
at His lotus feet.
And after having done so, remain thus.
If then you do not feel liberated, come to me for
liberation.”
At the moment, all religions are practiced with svachhand.
For example, you have been practicing worship and devotion
(to some specific guru) for so many years, and yet if someone
were to even utter the name Chandubhai, you immediately
respond. Not only that but if someone says something about
you, you respond with raag (attachment) or dwesh (abhorrence).
Of what use is all your devotion to a guru, when you have not
rid yourself of your raag-dwesh? Nevertheless, if your devotion
is for liberation, then you will meet a Gnani sooner or later.
You cannot afford to do anything with svachhand. If you
unknowingly put your hand on a fire, will you not burn your
hand? Even when you act unknowingly, you will have to suffer
the results of your actions. Therefore you should first find out
who you are and what this life is all about.
After the fault of sva-chhand leaves, the chhand of Dada
will take over, meaning Dada will lead you in all matters until
final liberation. With the removal of svacchand there is Self-
Realization. What is a person with minimal svachaand like?