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everyone says; that is a wonder in itself.
The phase (avastha) of the prakruti is temporary. All that
is perceived through the five senses are phases of the prakruti.
There are eternal elements (tattva) in the world and these
elements (dravya) have their properties (guna) as well as
phases (avastha, paryaya). The elements are eternal, but their
prakrut phases are temporary.
Prakruti is productive by nature (prasavdharmi), which is
why it has become so prolific.
Questioner : What do you mean by prakruti is
prasavdharmi?
Dadashri : Let me explain. If you put up mirrors all
around this room, you will see a hundred and fifty people in the
reflection. Did someone go in there and create one hundred and
fifty people? Thus one can project into infinity. So countless
more effects are created from just a single effect. Then the
suffering ensues. Everything in this universe is in the form of
vibrations (spandano). Just a single vibration will create
countless new ones. But if one stops emitting vibrations
altogether, none will come back to him in return.
The properties of the prakruti are of the non-self; they are
not of the Self. The world believes the properties of the non-self
as being that of the Self. They will say, “That man is very nice”,
but if that man becomes sick and delirious, they will say, “He is
not a nice man.” Prakrutik properties will disappear in time. The
Lord has said no matter how great a person’s disposition,
whether he is compassionate or ill tempered; they are all traits
of the prakruti. There is no telling when they will change.
Prakruti itself is made up of kapha, pitta and vayu. With the
onset of imbalance in the three properties there is no telling when
a person will become mad; he will have no awareness of what
he is saying. That is why the Lord has said, “You should remain