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increases to 360 º is called absolute enlightenment ( Kevalgnan ). Awareness at 359 º is still considered an awakened awareness ( jagruti ).
Anger ( krodh ), pride ( maan ), deceit ( maya ), and greed ( lobh ) are all unawareness . If someone asks me : “ Explain to me , how is all that unawareness ?” Then I will just ask him : “ Do you not want to get rid of your anger , pride , deceit and greed ?” As long as he says , “ Yes , I do want to get rid of them ,” he has awareness . But to ‘ feed ’ anger , pride , deceit and greed is unawareness . The very things you want to get rid of , will stick around if you keep feeding . If you stop fueling them for three years , they will not remain . Humans are unaware ( ajagrut ), and so are the animals . So they can both be considered equal , can they not ? Such a being does not benefit from the human life .
The Vision That Sees the Fault of the ‘ self ’
When a person can see his own faults , then know that he has attained the awareness ; otherwise , everyone walks in his ‘ sleep .’ There is no need to worry too much about whether or not all the mistakes ( dosh ) are gone , but awareness is crucial . After attaining awareness , new mistakes will not arise and the old ones will continue to leave . ‘ You ’ ( the Self ) just simply ‘ see ’ how those mistakes arise .
Understand that you are ready for moksha , when you can see your own mistakes . Without awareness , no one can see his own faults . But if he needed to , he can easily see two to five hundred or so faults in others . If your faults are causing harm to others , You ( the Self ) should tell ‘ Chandubhai ’ ( non-Self ), “ Do pratikraman .” No one has ever gone to moksha by hurting anyone in the slightest degree . If you eat mangoes and fried bread ( puris ) every day , there is no problem , but it is not possible for one to hurt anyone , and then go to moksha . What you eat or drink here , are of no significance over there . Only kashays ( anger , pride , deceit , greed ) are objectionable there ;