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Aptavani-4
Dadashri: That is the question! At the moment, the
embodied soul (jiva) has absolutely no control over the body.
Why is that? It is because it has the wrong belief of ‘I am
Chandubhai’ and that is the greatest wrong belief of all.
Questioner: One has to believe that for the sake of
worldly interactions.
Dadashri: There is nothing wrong in believing that for the
sake of worldly interactions (vyavahar). But if someone insults
you, do you not accept it right away? Does it affect you or not?
Questioner: It does.
Dadashri: Then you are not ‘Chandubhai’ just for the
sake of worldly interactions, but you really are ‘Chandubhai’.
That is how the wrong belief has set in. Just because people call
you ‘Chandubhai,’ you too believe yourself to be that. Then you
believe, ‘I am her husband, I am this boy’s father, I am like
this…I am a collector, etc.’ How many such beliefs do you
have?
Questioner: Many.
Dadashri: It is because of this wrong belief that the body
exerts ‘control’ over the embodied soul (jiva; self). If these
wrong beliefs go away, then the body has absolutely no ‘control’
over the jiva. The Atma (the Self) itself has infinite energy, but
it is trapped because of these wrong beliefs. How can you get
rid of these wrong beliefs? They will go away when the Gnani
Purush gives you the ‘right belief’; otherwise referred to as
samyak darshan (right vision of the Self) in our scriptures.
Nothing will be attained by believing, ‘I am Chandubhai.’
In reality you are not ‘Chandubhai.’ You are ‘Chandubhai’
‘by the relative viewpoint’. You should enquire who you are, ‘by
the real viewpoint’, should you not? So at the present moment
it is your body that has control over you. Not just the body, but