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without name (anami), the Self, then you become a vitarag.
The Lord has said, “Until you meet a Gnani Purush,
remain in whichever pond (one’s beliefs, sects and relative
religion) you are in, don’t go around looking for another pond.”
You may become stuck in the mud if you try to swim in other
ponds and that mud will leave you covered in stains. When you
meet a Gnani Purush, quickly come out of the pond you are in.
If you find a Gnani Purush, you will become the owner of every
pond there is and your work will be done. The Gnani will bring
you beyond all the ponds.
By being in the Gnani’s satsang, you become permeated
with the Gnani’s paas (aroma; paas - the effect of contact or
company). The paas of asafetida (hinga; the acrid smelling resin
used in cooking); becomes so entrenched in the cooking pots
that even if you cook rice pudding in it six months later, it ruins
the rice pudding. When even the effect of asafetida lasts for six
months, it is possible for the effect of kusang to destroy one’s
countless lives to come. In the same token, the effect of satsang
is equally strong but the time spent in satsang must increase.
“Hey! We have to do this in order to run our worldly life.”
If just one word of this statement were to enter within (becomes
your belief), you are doomed. It ruins your sanskar (samskar;
inner substrate which is a net effect of all that is positive that you
have attained from past lives). There is no telling when one will
be led in the wrong direction. Only Gnan can prevent your
sanskar from becoming ruined.
For example, a sant purush (one who helps others move
from the bad to the good and lives his life accordingly) makes
his living selling milk. He meets someone who tells him, “Just
look at your neighbor, he has made so much money and look
at you, you have remained the same, poor.” The saint asks him,
“How did he make so much money?” The other man replies,
“By mixing water in his milk, of course!” Now if just a single