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vitarag bhaav (complete non-attachment from within), and he
deals with it.
The Lord does not consider, what people in general
consider, as renunciation (tyaag). True renunciation in the
Lord’s eyes, is the renunciation of murchha (infatuation due to
attachment) incited by material things. This ‘Dada’ has all the
things. He has wealth, he has a business in his name, and he has
checks in his name. Dada has not renounced a thing. And
because he has no murchha, it means that he has renounced
everything. A sadhu maharaj should never say that he was born
in such and such a town, because despite having renounced
everything, he still carries it all inside and so that murchha and
moha (attachment for illusory things) do not go away. Whereas,
in whatever I am telling you, there is no cause for any sort of
renunciation. What is there that does not warrant renunciation
anyways? Things do not have to be renounced, but what does
need to be renounced, is the murchha for them. What is
murchha? It is mohaniya karma (karma that does not let one
see ‘as it is’; karma of illusory attraction). People have
renounced many things; however all those things still stand,
because their murchha over them has not left. After attaining the
knowledge of the Self, you no longer have murchha. This is
because You are now Shuddhatma (pure Soul). Upon becoming
Shuddhatma, all the murchha vanishes. Your mohaniya karma
is completely destroyed; otherwise the awareness of the
Shuddhatma could never be established. As long as there is
even a drop of mohaniya karma left, the awareness (laksha)
of Shuddhatma can never be established.
The Awareness of the Pure Soul
Questioner: Dada, is one considered to have attained the
awareness (laksha) of the Self, when he experiences the Self?
Dadashri: When you wake up at night, what is the first
thing that comes into your awareness (laksha)?