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Aptavani-5
One gets affected even when he has a home, a car and
other tools of comfort, so then what happens if one of the tools
break down? Man lives his life through endless worries.
Therefore, come to know and understand what is around you
and what it is all about. If you understand it ahead of time it will
not have an effect on you, but if you don’t have the
understanding, then you have to take everything upon you.
People are not able to sleep when they carry their problems on
their heads. They will fall asleep when their body gets tired.
How can you call this a life?
Who are you? On what basis do you exist? You have no
knowledge of it. Should you not know on what basis ‘this’
exists? Should you not understand the relationship between
support and the one being supported and on what basis you
exist? If someone were to announce that the police are coming
here, people will become anxious even before they arrive. Why
should there be so much weakness? There is a lot more to the
world. You have seen it for many lives but you cannot remember
it, can you? So it is worth knowing this world.
All you need to understand is ‘What is worth doing and
what is not worth doing; what is worth knowing and what is not
worth knowing’.
Doership Perpetuates Worldly Life
When one begins to see his own mistake, it is the
beginning of right (samkit) vision.
Questioner: Does such a person become humble?
Dadashri: Humility may or may not come, but it is
considered samkit drashti when one starts to see his own
mistake. Otherwise, he will not be able to see a single mistake
of his. The belief, ‘I am the doer’, remains.
In our Gnan the belief, ‘I am the doer’, is a kusang
(association with that which takes you away from your real