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try to be over wise by using your intellect (buddhi) in the wrong
manner (swachhand). The disease of swachhand is such that it
becomes chronic. Swachhand is to be over-wise. If I want to
come to Dadar, I first have to have knowledge of Dadar and
then if I cannot find the house, I have to ask someone who is
familiar with the area. Similarly, if you want to attain final
liberation (moksha), you have to ask someone who is familiar
with it. Bhima (Arjun’s brother - one of the characters from the
Mahabharata) made a metal pot as his guru and wrote ‘Om
namah Shivaya’ on it and Lord Shiva expressed within him.
We are talking about Bhima, who was quick to have scorn and
negativities for most human beings. Therefore, make someone
your guru for whom you will never develop any negativity
(abhav) and proceed further. Proceed by keeping such a guru
as your guide so that swachhand is prevented.
Questioner : In the scriptures it is written, ‘Tu hi, tu hi
(thou art, thou art)’, what do they mean by it?
Dadashri : In the Kramic path this is the vehicle to
progress spiritually, ‘Thou art…thou art’. They claim ‘Thou art
everywhere; I am not anywhere at all.’ Here when one says,
‘thou art…thou art’, there is a separation between the one who
is saying this and the Self. One may be able to remain with the
Self through faith (shraddha) and gnan (knowledge), however it
does not come in his conduct and experience (anubhav).
We here in Akram Vignan say, “I am, I am (hu hi, hu hi).”
When will you accomplish anything if you keep a separation
between ‘you’ and ‘I’? This is like keeping a separation
between the God and the devotee. If there is a separation
between ‘You’ and ‘I’, when will you accomplish anything?
Nevertheless, if these people of the Kramic path were to meet
a Gnani Purush they would find the solution.
Shaktipat and other relative spiritual practices
Questioner : What is shaktipat?