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waste away their energies in the wrong path. They cannot do
work for their liberation nor can they do work for their worldly
life. No one at home has any appreciation and in addition they
complain, “She is like this and that she is like that.” They
encounter only ‘bundles’ who insult them.
When one keeps having a desire to attend Dada’s
satsang, it is considered the beginning of the removing of
obstacles. And if he does not meet with any objection or
hindrance of any kind in coming to satsang, then know that all
such obstructions are gone.
Here one should sit and understand systematically in detail
what changes have occurred within, by coming to this satsang.
That is called purusharth (self directed efforts). You should
understand Gnan from point to point, gradually. The easiest way
besides satsang, is to keep ‘Dada’ happy. This is done by
following his five Agnas (spiritual directives given by Dadashri to
all who acquired Self-realization).
If one cannot get ‘our’ company (sang) then the company
of ‘our’ words is satsang too. Satsang means the company of
the Self (Shuddhatma). Alternatively, anything that promotes this
company, like the words of the Gnani Purush, and Self-realized
mahatmas is also satsang. It is not worth keeping the company
of anyone else, regardless of whatever that person is, whether
he is an ascetic, a monk or anyone else. All you have to do is
to ‘see’ (darshan) what is within (the Self); nothing else is worth
setting eyes on. Once you have attained the Self, ‘see’ the Self
in every living being. Once the awareness that the Self exists in
the cows and the buffalos, then you should be able to ‘see’ the
Soul (Self) in them, should you not? It is spiritual apathy if you
cannot.
In whatever home the arti of this ‘Dada’ is sung, the
atmosphere in that home becomes very auspicious. Arti is the
continuity of that which has been gained, the Self. The person