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Aptavani-5
Therefore, You should steer your mind with a good
understanding, through Gnan. Then the mind will run ‘first
class’. Ordinarily the mind will not catch on to this point but
once it does, it will not let go of it.
Questioner: So Dada, what should one do to make it
listen and follow?
Dadashri: I will do that for you. The day I give you
Gnan I awaken the Self within you, and because of that, your
mind turns in this direction.
The Origin of Suspicion and the Charging Mind
Whatever doubts and suspicion arises in your worldly life
interaction; it is the function of the mind. They are attributes of
the mind. When the intellect and the mind get together, they will
create and get caught up in all kinds of whirlwinds. Just as wind
progresses into a whirlwind, that is how a ‘cyclone’ within is set
in motion.
Questioner: What is the part of the intellect (buddhi) in
that?
Dadashri: Yes, the intellect is involved for sure. When
the mind says, ‘Yes’, the intellect will say, ‘No, it is like this.’
This gives rise to doubts. Therefore, there is a ‘parliament’
within. No one has ever become doubt-free where the Self is
concerned; if one were to become doubt-free about the Self,
one would attain awareness of the Self.
Questioner: Is it necessary to become completely
doubt-free (nihshank) in order to attain moksha (liberation)?
Dadashri: One will have to become doubt-free about the
Self. But what is the Self? The Self is not such that people can
comprehend it through their intellect. It is not what people
believe it to be. People have intellect and the Self is not
something that can be measured through the intellect. It is