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Aptavani-2
Dadashri : Say you come across a stream six feet wide.
You have difficulty in removing your shoes so you just stand
there. You see a few people jumping over the stream but your
mind holds you back. Then I tell you, “Chandubhai, jump. Why
are you standing around?” and you immediately jump. This is an
example of shaktipat. There is no relation between shaktipat
(physical energy) and moksha. Shaktipat is on a physical level;
it is subject to increase or decrease. It increases the energy in
the recipient and reduces the energy in the donor.
Questioner : What do they mean when they say to place
the tongue on the palate and drink the nectar?
Dadashri : That is the path of hathagrahis (those who
practice self-denial and punish the body). Those who have a
habit of punishing the body should follow that path. Why does
one need to do that? The tongue and the palate are physical
(non-Self), the dripping nectar is also physical; it cannot be the
Self. It is just the fruits of your effort. When an ice-cream maker
turns the handle on the ice-cream machine, he receives ice-
cream as the fruit of his effort. All the sadhus and sanyasis of the
world have drops of poison constantly dripping within (raag-
dwesh), even their speech is poisonous. And from the moment
‘we’ give the knowledge of the Self, drops of nectar begin to
drip constantly within. Elsewhere it is like falling into an enticing
trap, because one does not have the right path. The nature of the
Self is nothing but knowledge (Gnanswarup). The path of
liberation is knowledge of the Self (Gnan), vision of the Self
(darshan), conduct as the Self (charitra), and internal penance
(antartapa). These four constitute the path of moksha. All other
paths are there, what is the need to stick the tongue to the palate
incessantly? Why do they have to do all that? All these rituals
are a form of pacification. It is like sitting in a pond on a very hot
day with only your head out of water. But without knowing the
Self, there is no solution. Until one attains Gnan, is it not necessary
for one to find something to do? All these are rituals in the path