24 Aptavani-5
Questioner : But liberation has to be granted to the Self , correct ?
Dadashri : The Self is already in moksha ( liberated ). It does not have any misery ( dukh ) at all . The one experiencing pain and misery is the one that needs to be liberated . The Self has never come into bondage ; the Self has always been free . It is because of ignorance of the Self that he believes ‘ I am bound ’ and when he attains the knowledge ‘ I am free ’, then he becomes liberated . In fact he is not bound ; he simply believes he is . Like everyone else , he too believes he is in bondage . This is the competition amongst people . There are differences of ‘ mine ’ and ‘ yours ’ which only increase that bondage .
Questioner : Dada , is it not difficult to absorb all this quickly ?
Dadashri : That is precisely why all this has been obstructed . That is precisely the reason one does not attain enlightenment , right vision ( samkit ). That is why it has been said , ‘ understand Atmagnan ( knowledge of the Self ). Know what the Self is , otherwise there is no liberation ’. Writers of scriptures have given all kinds of examples but one can only move forward if one understands them . Liberation is only to be found where the Atmagnani is . The Gnani can give you knowledge and explanation of the extent of your ‘ doership ’. Ordinarily people believe ‘ I am doing samayik . I do penance . I do japa ( name chanting )’, etc . They believe ‘ I am the Self and I do everything ’. Now , the moment the word ‘ doing ’ comes in , it is all a wrong belief . ‘ I do . He does . They do ( karomi , karosi , karoti respectively )’, is all mithyatva ( wrong vision ).
Prakruti Does Wrong : Purush Does Right
The prakruti may do wrong but You correct it from within . What do You have to tell ‘ Chandubhai ’ when he does something wrong ? You have to tell him , ‘ Chandubhai , what you are doing is wrong , it should not be so .’ So then Your work is