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within that person. All the machinery within is like telepathy; if
the Self gets involved in it, everything will be ruined.
If one’s chit is relatively pure, then when he studies, he will
remember everything he reads just once. The intention of
studying is to attain purity of the chit in the relative sphere.
Only the purity of chit is important
One will remember what he reads only if his chit is present
when he reads. When I was young, I used to study without the
presence of the chit. Is that why I failed? No, I did not fail, but
I was called dumb. As such I was brilliant. I told the teacher,
“Sir, I spent fifteen years trying to learn one language, but had
I spent those fifteen years searching for God, I would have
definitely found Him by now.” The prime years of my life were
wasted in learning one language, which even a young child could
learn. But the teacher did not understand that.
Questioner : Is chit the main component of the
antahkaran? Is chit not the leader that drags the rest of them
down? Which needs to be controlled, the chit or the mind? Why
do people forget the chit and go after the mind?
Dadashri : What you are saying is true. Even the Gnanis
have given importance to the chit but people do not know
anything about the chit or the mind. They think the mind and the
chit are the same. The chit does not remain in one place and the
mind keeps showing pamphlets, but people do not know which
the chit is and which the mind is.
The chit however, will not roam during satsang. Chit is the
relative self. When the chit becomes still, so will the relative atma
and Dada has given you the Self. When both, the relative and
the real Self sit still next to each other, then one experiences
nothing but liberation (moksha). This is exactly why you have to
sit in the satsang. Otherwise, there are many parks and gardens,
but when you sit in satsang, the chit remains steady and the atma