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mechanical and some day when one of the parts wears out; that
will be the end. Mechanical means dependency. Actually, You,
the Self, are separate from this mechanical thing; the relative self,
the non-Self complex.
Don’t you have to put food in your stomach every day?
If it were not mechanical, then your work would be done if you
ate just once; you would not have to eat again. But here there
is an intake (puran) and an output (galan). Everything is
mechanical. You are separate from this. You are the Knower of
this mechanical process. This mechanical thing is an ‘experiment’
and you are the ‘scientist’. You are the Knower of what is going
on in this ‘experiment’; what changes are going on in
‘Chandubhai’! But instead of that you claim, ‘I am Chandubhai’;
how can you afford such a tremendous mistake?
Questioner: How can the intellect be mechanical? Do
animals have intellect, more or less?
Dadashri: The animals have limited antahkaran (the
inner functioning component comprised of the mind, intellect,
chit and ego) and in humans it is unlimited. Because of their
limited antahkaran there is no further development. A cow will
come running to you if you show her a feeding pot. She has at
least that much understanding. Does she have any other
understanding besides that? She will not come near you if you
went outside with a stick in your hand. She knows when sleep
is needed. She has sexual desire. She knows to eat when she
is hungry. She is also aware of what to eat and what not to;
something the humans lack! All animals sniff their food before
they eat. Humans are the only serious violators of nature.
Questioner: How far will the mechanical intellect help or
hurt a human being?
Dadashri: To the point of destruction! The mechanical
intellect will destroy everything when it becomes above normal
– excessive. This world is headed towards total destruction. The