Aptavani-5
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If one tries to do it himself, he will increase his
swachhand two fold. The only solution is to follow the Agna of
the Gnani Purush. There is no other solution.
The Gnani Is Childlike
When a child cries, his crying is not associated with the
intellect, the way it is for a twenty-five year old man. The Gnani
Purush does not cry with the intellect either. A child and a
Gnani Purush are similar. They are both without intellect. For
the child it is like a ‘rising sun’ and for the Gnani Purush it is
like a ‘setting sun’. A child has ego but he is not aware of it,
whereas ‘we’ have no ego.
Wherever one uses intellect, is verily where one binds
demerit karmas (paap).
Questioner: Dada, we will not bind any demerit
karmas if we recite Your name twenty four hours a day, will
we?
Dadashri: Reciting Dada’s name is tantamount to reciting
the name of Your own Shuddhatma. Singing of these pados
(spiritual songs about Dada’s Gnan) is like singing devotional
songs of your own Shuddhatma. Here everything is of the Self.
Even this arati (the ritual of waving lamps in front of an idol or
deity while singing a hymn) that you do is the arati of the Self.
Nothing is mine. Whatever one learns to do here, one will
benefit by that.
Open Mind
When the mind does not remain open, entanglements
arise, and the presence of entanglements prevents the smile and
laughter of the liberation (mukta hasya).
Questioner: What do you mean by an open mind?
Dadashri: Just as a fly hovers around some brown sugar,
if the mind hovers around one certain thing; then it is not