Aptavani-4
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If one were to even think about what is beneficial and what is
not, in what he has to take with him into his next life, it would
be more than enough.
Where the Gnani Is Awake, the World Is Asleep
Questioner: Lord Krishna has said, ‘Where the world is
awake; I sleep, and I am awake; where the world ‘sleeps’.’ I
do not understand that statement. Please explain that.
Dadashri: The world is awake in worldly matters; that is
where Krishna (the Self) ‘sleeps’, and where the world is
‘asleep’ (in the matters of the Self), Krishna is awake.
Eventually, one will have to come into this spiritual awareness
(adhyatmik jagruti). Worldly awareness is the awareness
through ego (ahamkari jagruti): awareness without ego
(nirahamkari jagruti) is moksha.
Restlessness Is the Cause of Misery
Humans have two kinds of awareness: one is the
awareness of stillness (sthirata), and the other is the awareness
of restlessness (chanchalata). Man has sunk deep into the
awareness of restlessness, but he has not attained even one
percent of the awareness of stillness. Some have ten percent,
some have fifteen percent, some have twenty percent, and some
have thirty percent awareness of restlessness. Awareness of
restlessness leads one to an animal life-form; whereas the
awareness of stillness will take one to moksha.
Awareness that increases stillness, is real awareness. In
America, people have become very restless; they are suffocating
in terrible misery. Their pain (dukh) will not go away, even
through lamentation or suicide. Such are the pains one is giving
rise to. They are caught in their own web. Before long, people
will start to complain. At the moment they are doing a lot of
egoism. As the restlessness increases, one’s entrapment increases.
What can they do when the restlessness occurs? If there is no