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Aptavani-4
Gnan, I saw the people doing business through an unprejudiced,
impartial vision. That is when I realized that I did not know
anything. This is nothing but egoism. Just because five people
believe it and accept it, does that make you an expert?
Questioner: Your statement of “I am abuddha” is fine
through your vision, but what about through the worldly vision?
Dadashri: “I am intelligent” and this Gnan of the Self
cannot co-exist. ‘We’ have the full light of Gnan; therefore,
there is no need at all for the intellect, is there? ‘The intellect
(buddhi) makes you emotional and Gnan keeps you in motion’.
I have become oblivious to worldly life (sansar). I do not
even know how to sign my own name. I have not written
anything in the last fifteen or twenty years, and so I have
forgotten how to write. It is possible to automatically forget this
worldly life. You do not need to try all these different
experiments. It will be forgotten when you break free from its
familiarity (parichaya). Therefore, you should get rid of its
familiarity. Routine, worldly life interaction (vyavahar) is not a
problem; the problem lies in its familiarity.
The Ledger of Analysis!
What have you brought along with you from your
previous life? You have brought everything that is necessary for
‘Chandubhai’ (the ‘relative’ self): all that is necessary for the
mind, all that is necessary for the chit, for the intellect, and all
that is necessary for the ego. Now Nature supplies all those
things to you, and yet you claim that you yourself are doing it.
When everything is already ready, what can you say that you
have done? To do something for which nothing is ready, is
considered a purusharth (self effort).
You have already come prepared with: this shop, this
office, wife, and the children from your past life. This is the
karmic account. The Atma (Self) has no father, nor son. It is