Aptavani-2 203
wind, fire and space; is very complex and does not remain natural. It will end up with something peculiar and new altogether. A person may have a very high social status, but people around him will say,“ Don’ t even talk about him!” Why? Because he is useless. So is there not a need to look for the way out of this misery? How can one become free form misery?
When does a person understand there is no happiness in the worldly life? The understanding comes when one experiences problems and suffering. All accounts are filled with endless pain and suffering. But during times of happiness, one wanders about in a state of care free elation( masti) and then when he encounters difficulties he realizes that the worldly life is full of misery. Once you throw away your gold into the sea, are you going to be able to recover it? Then there is nothing you can do but cry bitterly. Similarly, how can this worldly life improve once it has been ruined? Improvement can only come through the words of a vitarag; Only He( the Gnani Purush) can give you moksha. How can you afford to have the bondage of the body, the speech, the mind, the intellect and the ego etc.? All these are completely separate from the Self but you have made them all as one by saying,“ I am the mind, I am the ego”, and this renders you as the deluded self( muddhatma,‘ I am Chandulal’). Otherwise, if You become separate from all these, You verily are the supreme Self( parmatma). You have become deluded because you believe that happiness lies in all these temporary things.
Really there is no such thing as misery and suffering; misery and suffering exist because of your wrong beliefs. Do you receive letters from your loved ones who have departed and gone?
Questioner: No, how can they come?
Dadashri: That is how this worldly life is. If you have a credit of Rupees 500 in your account from your previous life,