10
Aptavani-4
Bhaav Jagruti: Swabhav Jagruti
Questioner: What is bhaav jagruti?
Dadashri: Bhaav jagruti (awareness of intent through,
‘I am Chandubhai’) is applicable in the Kramic path (the
traditional step-by-step path to liberation). In the Akram
path, there is swabhav jagruti (awareness as the Self).
Bhaav jagruti molds the prakruti (the relative self; the non-
Self complex), and swabhav jagruti keeps the Self untainted
and untouched by the prakruti. My Five Agnas (special
directives given by the Gnani Purush that sustains the
enlightened state after the Gnan Vidhi) keep You in the
awareness of the Self (swabhav jagruti). I have removed
your bhaav jagruti. The whole world is trapped in
bhaavnindra; unaware of the Self.
Questioner: So does bhaav jagruti sow the seeds of
karma?
Dadashri: Yes, of course. If you make a charitable
donation with the bhaav of ‘I am Chandubhai,’ then you sow a
seed of karma. But after you have attained the awareness of the
Self, when you say, “I want to make a donation,” you will not
be sowing any seed of karma, because now nirahamkari
(without the ego).
Not knowing one’s Self is called bhaavnindra. To know
the Self is the vision of absolute independence (niralumb
darshan). It is the knowledge of absolute independence
(niralumb Gnan).
The Beginning of the Awakened Awareness…
First, awareness should come in the self, the pudgal.
After one attains Self-realization, being asleep to the pudgal,
leads to an increasing awareness as the Self (Atma jagruti).
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