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Aptavani-5
Questioner: Does the state of ‘Sat Chit Anand’ have
form or shape, or is it formless?
Dadashri: It is formless (aroopi); that it is formless is a
point worth understanding. There is no need to understand right
away. For the time being you have to understand how to attain
it.
It has been called formless, shapeless (nirakaar), so for
now just understand that it is formless, you will be able to
understand the rest later. It has been called nirakaar for a
certain purpose. Certain talks of purpose-goal are such that they
are understood only after the goal is realized. The Self is free of
karmas (niranjan). It has not been affected by karmas. Even
today the Self within you is a pure Self. It can be ‘seen’ clearly.
But you simply have the belief that you have done many bad
deeds (paap) and good deeds (punya). All the wrong beliefs
have set in. The Gnani Purush breaks the wrong belief and
replaces it with the right one. When the right belief sets in, then
You become aware that ‘I am God’.
Prashasta Moha
Maya (deceit, the illusion that deceives the Self) means
ignorance of the Self. There is no such thing as maya; it is a
relative state. It is temporary and You are permanent. How long
will it stay? It will remain as long as you have moha (illusory
attachment) towards temporary things. When you attain the
knowledge, ‘I am pure Self’, when moha for the Self arises;
maya will come to an end.
Questioner: After some time one should not have moha
for the Self, is that not correct?
Dadashri: Moha for the Self is good; that is not
considered moha. It is called moha in our worldly language.
Moha means murchha (attraction); that is not really considered
affection for the Self