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Aptavani-2
The entire worldly life is in the form of kusang and what
is more it is influenced by the current era of this time cycle called
Kaliyug. Through satsang, new parmanus replace parmanus of
kusang.
It can be said that satsang has occurred when all the pains
and miseries depart, and if the miseries do not leave then it is a
sign that kusang has occurred. If you put sugar in the tea, it is
bound to taste sweet is it not? All miseries depart through
satsang.
One acquires pain and miseries because of kusang.
Kusang will bring pain and misery and satsang brings happiness,
and ‘this’ satsang will liberate you. The Gnani Purush will take
away inclinations and tendencies that attach you to the worldly
life and place them directly in the Self (Brahma). And then your
work is done! This is the religion of liberation (moksha). You will
constantly remember (laksha) the Self once ‘we’ give you the
realization of the Self. Otherwise, it is impossible to attain this
awareness (laksha) of the Self. The manifest Gnani (pragat) will
light your candle which then manifests as the Self (sakshatkar).
One creates paap (sin; or demerit karma) through kusang
and these in turn will sting you. With free time, one encounters
kusang. In kusang he squanders away valuable time in useless
talks and gossips and this creates ‘stains’ (paap). All the misery
in the world is because of these ‘stains’. What right does one
have to talk about anyone else? He has to look after his own
affairs. Whether another person is happy or unhappy, what does
it have to do with you? But here one even gossips about the
king. He talks about things that have absolutely nothing to do
with him and this creates abhorrence and jealousy, and these are
the very causes of his misery. The Lord tells us to become
vitarag. In reality, you are vitarag, so why harbor raag-dwesh?
There is nothing but raag-dwesh if you become one with the
name, the relative self, the non-self, and if you become one