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Kaliyug is like the night that follows the day. Does it not? That
is how Kaliyug is. It is because of Kaliyug, that Satyug (Age
of unity in mind, speech and action) is called Satyug. If there
were no Kaliyug, Satyug would have no value.
Questioner: Is man subject to yug (age of time cycle) or
is yug subject to man?
Dadashri: Man is presently subject to time. But the
muda samaya (time as an eternal element) has arisen because
of you (because of the belief I am this non-Self). ‘You’ (the Self)
yourself are the king, and all this has come about in the king’s
wake.
Questioner: Is samaya (time) God, and is samaya
(time) Parmeshwar (absolute God)?
Dadashri: Time cannot be Parmeshwar. Otherwise,
people would go around chanting, “Time, Time...” (Instead of
God). You yourself are Parmeshwar, and you need to know
that Time is just a nimit (instrumental) in the middle.
How much difference is there between ‘Us-the Gnani
Purush’ and You? ‘We’ have conquered time. People are
consumed by time. ‘You’ still have to conquer time. How can
you conquer time? The past is forgotten. The future is in the
hands of scientific circumstantial evidences (vyavasthit); therefore,
You need to remain in the present. So then time can be
conquered. As You go on to do our ‘Akram’ samayik, You will
learn how to hold onto the present. It does not come straight to
you. When You do samayik (being the Self and ‘seeing’ the self)
for an hour, You are in the present (vartaman).
What does it mean, to stay in the present (vartaman)?
When you are writing down your financial accounts, don’t you
stay fully focused on your accounts? If you (your mind) drift
off into the future, you will make errors in your accounting. If
you remain in the present, it is possible not to make a single