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Aptavani-4
Dadashri: No, no. Not shata-ashata vedaniya.
Vedaniya (suffering) can only be called vedaniya (suffering).
Whereas this is bhaavako. They make you do all kinds of
bhaav. You may not want to be afraid of anything; you may be
free from fear, but the moment you see a snake, it will
immediately make you do a bhaav of fear. Would it make you
do that or not?
Questioner: It will. Is that called vikalp?
Dadashri: No. It is not even called vikalp. As you see
the snake pass, you become involved (tanmayakar) with the
bhaav of fear prompted by the bhaavako of fear. It is the
bhaavak of fear.
Worldly Knowledge Is the Bhaavak’s Support!
This worldly knowledge is such that it makes one become
bhaavak. If You have the main Gnan, then it would not dare
bother You. Gnan means ‘I am Shuddhatma’. Once you have
this awareness of ‘I am Shuddhatma’, the bhaavak no longer
has any influence. But until then the bhaavak will continue to
push and manipulate you. It will push you from here and from
there, making you collide, just like a football.
Questioner: In which part of the antahkaran (the mind,
intellect, chit and ego) is the bhaavako located? Is it in the mind?
Dadashri: No. The bhaavako is even separate from the
antahkaran! It is not a part of the antahkaran. The
antahkaran will do what the bhaavako makes it do. The
bhaavako makes the atma (self) murchhit (immersed in
illusion), and so the atma (self) becomes the bhaavya. This then
starts up the antahkaran. And if You have the awareness of, ‘I
am Shuddhatma (pure Soul)’, then even if thousands of such
bhaavako were to come along, you would not have any
problem. The bhaavak (which makes one do bhaav) inside is
not alone. There is a krodhak (which makes one do anger), a