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lobhak (which makes one do greed), a nindak (which makes
one do malicious gossip), a chetak (which makes one become
cautious), and many such ‘k’s inside. ‘K’ means karavnaar
(that which makes you do things). There is an entire universe
within!
Questioner: So does the bhaavako give rise to such
bhaav that make the atma murchhit (deluded)?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that. The bhaavako gives
rise to such a state within, that the atma (self) becomes
immediately deluded (murchhit). Murchhit means that one
completely loses one’s own awareness. Wouldn’t everyone be
made unconscious if there were a gas explosion? That is how
the bhaavako makes the atma (self) do the bhaav, which
causes the effect. Who is not affected? The one who has the
awareness of the Self, is not affected. If not, this ‘worldly
knowledge’ does not guard the self from its effect. There is so
much pressure from the circumstances that it does not allow it
to stay free from effects. When one knows, ‘I am Shuddhatma,’
the bhaavako will not exert its influence. The common
understanding is that the Self does the bhaav and that is why
time, bhaav and karma are bound. But if the Self were to do
bhaav, we would be done for, it would be the end. That would
mean that the Self is beggarly and needy.
The bhaavako makes one do the bhaav, and it is
bhaavako that makes the self (atma) bhaavya (one with the
bhaav).
Questioner: Is this bhaavako in the form of subatomic
particle (parmanu) or in the form of a solid knot (gaanth)?
Dadashri: They are parmanu. They are in the form of
pudgal parmanu.
Questioner: Does it mean that the self becomes absorbed
in (tanmayakar; one with) with whatever it likes?