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Atmagnan (knowledge of the Self) is because of the ashaya
(intent of the past life), isn’t it?
Dadashri: From the ashaya, it will seem to you that a
result may be created by a particular ashaya, however, the
ashaya is not the ‘doer’. You may feel that these are your
ashayas and that is why all this has come to you. Whatever your
ashaya, that is what you will get. The rule is that if you have
bought this kind of a ticket, then you will get to Calcutta.
Ashaya is like buying a ticket.
It is through ego, that one says, this happened because of
my ashaya. The worldly life (sansar) continuously moves along.
A man asked the Lord, ‘What do I have to do, to speed up my
moksha?’ And the Lord said, ‘Your state of development
(bhavsthiti) is not yet ready. Moksha is a long way off for you.’
If moksha is at the eighteenth mile, how can you go there if you
are at the eleventh mile? Even if you spent all your time with the
Gnani Purush, you still will not get there. However, when you
reach a certain ‘boundary’, and you encounter a Gnani Purush,
your liberation will be at hand.
It is the bhaavako within that makes one do the bhaav.
This is a very elevated science. If we are in a ‘Zaveri Bazzar’
(shopping district for jewelry in Mumbai) we have a different
inner intent (bhaav). If we are at ‘darukhana’ (a bar or liquor
store), our inner intent (bhaav) would be different, and if we
were at the ‘chor bazaar’ (black-market) we would have a
different inner intent (bhaav).
Questioner: That happens because the inner intent
(bhaav) changes every second.
Dadashri: That which changes is not the Self, but it is the
bhaavako. If you go around as Shuddhatma (the pure Soul),
you will not be affected by ‘Dongri’, nor will you be affected by
liquor stores and bars, or even when you are at a jeweler’s. If