172 Aptavani-2
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If you press your eyelid with your finger, you will see two objects instead of one. The eyes are not the soul; they are part of the relative self. Nevertheless, even with just one mistake, you see two instead of one, do you not? If a few pieces of glass were lying on the ground, you will see many eyes reflected in them, will you not? With just a slight error on the part of the eyes, you see so many eyes, do you not? Similarly, the soul itself is not affected, but due to the pressure of surrounding circumstances, you see infinite forms instead of one. The basic nature of all living beings is godly. A mere thought of chopping down a tree binds karma. Negative thoughts about other living beings bind demerit karma( paap) and positive thoughts bind merit karma( punya). Even negative thoughts that come to your mind, is a fault on your part. When you come to satsang and see a lot of people standing around and you think,“ What are they standing around here for?” then you have to immediately do pratikraman for that negative thought.
Previously, in the Kramic path, you did penance and renunciation but even then you could not see your mistakes. So now that you have attained this Akram path, get your work done. People go to their guru and ask for his help for liberation but how can he free others when he himself is bound? How is one likely to become free when he uses tricks and deceives others? There is no one who has the power to bind you. If there were, then if you were to beseech him and ask for forgiveness, he would. But it is not so. One is bound by one’ s own mistakes. Mistakes can be broken when a Gnani Purush points them out and gives instructions to break them. Another solution is to abide by the Gnani Purush’ s Agnas( special instructions after the Gnan Vidhi).
The Lord says,“ What keeps you in bondage? Nothing but continuous hate and vengeful attitude keeps you in bondage