Aptavani-6
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(vivek) in life interactions. No one should have complaints about
our worldly interactions.
To be hasty in anything is a single mistake and not to have
haste is double the mistake.
Which hole do you want to fall in?
Questioner: Neither.
Dadashri: Therefore, understand this matter. Is the train
going to wait for you if you do not hurry? And if you hurry too
much, you may cause an accident. Therefore, if one hurries, it
is considered a single mistake and if one does not hurry, it is
double the mistake.
The Senses, Mind, Intellect, Ego and then
the Self
Questioner: How can the mind remain still (sthir)?
Dadashri: Have you figured out what advantages there
may be in trying to steady the mind?
Questioner: Peace is attained with that.
Dadashri: Who has made the mind restless (asthir)?
Questioner: We have.
Dadashri: Why did you make it restless? Did you do it
deliberately? Not knowing where the benefit (hita) lies and where
harm (ahita) lies for you, you have used your mind in every
which way. If one had known what was beneficial (hita) and
what was not beneficial for him (ahita), then one would have
used the mind only for his benefit. Now the mind has gone out
of control. Now it can only be made still when one attains the
knowledge of benefit-harm (hita-ahita). Therefore when ‘we’
give Gnan here, the mind settles down.
The mind is contained only with Gnan; it can never become