Aptavani-4
15
Awareness Only Through the Worship of the
One with Awareness
Questioner: You make us recite the Trimantra, sing
arati (The ritual of waving lamps in front of an idol or a deity
while singing a hymn), etc., what are they? What is the need for
them?
Dadashri: Whatever I make you recite; I make you
recite the names of those who are absolutely aware of the Self.
I am teaching you the worship of those who have absolute
awareness. Your awareness will increase if you remember those
who have this awareness. These obeisances (Namaskar Vidhi;
The vidhi of salutations) are addressed to those who have
attained awareness and to those who at present have this
awareness. These obeisances pay a greater importance to those
who currently prevail in awareness, than to those who are no
longer here. These obeisances please all who have attained the
awareness. It shows humility and love towards them. It is
scientific. If you do whatever others are doing here, it pleases
the ‘Gnani Purush’. It will ruin everything if you try to be
‘over-wise’ or too smart. Our world (Bharat Kshetra – planet
Earth) is just one world, but the ‘Gnani Purush’ has a
connection with another world like ours (Mahavideh Kshetra –
Mahavideh is the name of a location in this universe where
currently there are twenty Tirthankars, deeming it the most
sacred Kshetra; a special world from where souls can attain final
moksha through the darshan of existing Tirthankars). ‘We’
(Gnani Purush) make a connection for you with those worlds
where presently there live great beings with absolute awareness;
‘we’ make a connection with the ones who have fractionally a
greater awareness than me. You are introduced to Him through
such connection.
Avoid Bhaavnindra
That is why the Gnani Purush tells us that the entire