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if this home were to burn down, ‘we’ would not be affected.
Everything is natural. If someone were to take away ‘our’ dinner
plate, ‘we’ would tell him that ‘we’ have not eaten anything
since the morning and would request him to leave the plate
alone, but if despite this he does not listen, ‘we’ would not
object. It is not parigraha to ask for something. ‘We’ may be a
Gnani but ‘we’ still have to ask for things. Gnani does not have
any attraction for a plate of food. The end can only be in sight
if one becomes aparigrahi amidst all these parigraha; only then
will he attain the bliss of the Self. But today people have
ventured on the wrong path and yet they are not at fault;
everything is dependant upon the effect of the current time cycle.
‘We’ do not see anyone as being at fault. The one within, is
absolutely the pure vitarag Lord. This science is an absolute
wonder. The knowledge of Akram Vignan has manifested within
and it is an unprecedented victory.
After attaining this Gnan, if someone were to give you a
‘bitter medicine’ (insult you), it hurts your feelings. However, if
during that time if you became still in the awareness of Gnan and
observe the inner turmoil, that is what the Lord has called
penance of Gnan. The different phases of the worldly life are
natural occurrences, what is there to become agitated in that?
The Lord has said that even if a person does not have
Gnan, but has awareness, it too would suffice. However, He has
not said that it is acceptable for one not to have awareness. The
penance with Gnan only occurs after one attains the awareness
of the Self. The Lord has forbidden us to become ‘abnormal’ in
making an effort, but he has also forbidden the abnormality of
not making the effort! He has said for us to come into normality
in all different aspects. Anything done in abnormality, the Lord
has called it Vishay; worldly obsession.
Nature i.e. prakruti makes you do penance and renunciation
but you believe, ‘I am doing penance.’ All these penance and