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