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remain focused. In case the chit does not remain focused, they
ring bells to drown out the radios and the noise that spills into
the temple from the outside. They employ different methods in
order to focus all the senses. For whatever little time the
worshipers remain focused, even if it is for a fraction of a
second, they will reap that much benefit.
A crowd will gather around two people who are fighting
to see what is going on. Why do people do this? It is because
their chit does not remain focused anywhere, so it will go
anywhere it finds something new to focus on. If the chit does not
remain focused on the Lord’s idol, where else will it remain
focused? There is endless turmoil within everyone and so they
find no peace anywhere. The plight of people today is like that
of a frightened horse that is startled when someone sets off a
firecracker near its legs. These people need compassion. One
needs to have compassion for people, only compassion.
Gnani instills life in an idol
Questioner : After the ritual of pranpratishtha (instilling
life in an idol), does the power of the idol increase?
Dadashri : Yes it does. If one does pranpratishtha on a
hooko (smoking pipe with smoke filtered through water), it too
will become powerful. However, an idol carries projected
feelings of thousands of worshippers. It will give results when life
is instilled in it. Nowadays however, a true pranpratishtha does
not occur. ‘We’ (Dadashri and the fully enlightened Lord within)
are able to perform true pranpratishtha but only when the
circumstance arises. ‘We’ do pratishtha for the salvation of
humanity. The pratishtha performed by others depends upon
their spiritual level and powers. But what kind of bhaav (internal
state) is their pratishtha performed with? It is performed with
kalushit bhaav (in the presence of the inner anger, pride,
illusion and greed). They do pratishtha when their internal
kashays are still present and these negativities have a stronghold