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(Atma) and yet people say, “My atma (soul) is raagi-dweshi
(does attachment and abhorrence).” It appears that way, but
really the subatomic particles (parmanus) within the body get
pulled like a magnet when they come across compatible
parmanus. This happens because of the presence of the
electrical body within this body. Then one says, “I am attracted.
Attachment (raag) is happening to me.” In all this, the Self is not
attracted whatsoever. It is not the property (guna) of the Self to
become attached. It is vitarag (without any attachment). Vitarag
Lords say that this dancing body complex (putadu) needs to be
‘seen’ and ‘known’ as to how it dances; where it is attracted or
where it is repelled. This is the pure and untainted doctrine of the
vitarag Lords and that verily is what ‘we’ are giving you.
Liberation will not occur without knowing and being the
Self. A group with the same opinion and agenda (gachha) is an
open fire pit and so is an opinion that does not accept all
opinions (mat). Can one afford to jump in such a fire pit? It is
poisonous. The only opinion worth having is the one for the
Soul. But instead people are consumed with opinions of, ‘this is
ours’ and ‘that is yours’, ‘ours’ and ‘yours’. The Lord is
completely impartial.
Attachment and abhorrence is really happening to the
tendencies (vrutti) that arise within the worldly soul (I am
Chandulal). This is in the form of attraction or repulsion.
Repulsion (vikarshan, dwesh) results when attraction (akarshan,
raag) is obstructed.
Questioner : Do attachment and abhorrence exist
because of similarities and differences?
Dadashri : It is like a magnet which has poles which
attract and repel. Attachment (raag) is a very different thing
altogether. The attraction people feel towards each other, is
what they call attachment (raag), but in the language of the
vitarag Lords, it is nothing but mere attraction between matching