Aptavani-6
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Dadashri: That is all mechanical. Mechanical means
without active and alert attentiveness of the real Self (upayog)
and a task which occurs with upayog is called awareness.
There are two levels of awareness (upayog). One is
auspicious, good (shubha upayog) and the other is pure (shuddha
upayog), which is the awareness as the Self. Pure upayog is not
to be found anywhere in the world. There is auspicious (good)
– inauspicious (bad) level of awareness (shubha-ashubha
upayog). Some people have impure awareness (ashuddha
upayog). Ashuddha and ashubha, that is, impure and
inauspicious awareness, respectively, are not considered upayog.
Only the pure and auspicious awareness (shuddha and shubha
upayog) are considered upayog. Ashuddha and ashubha are
all mechanical and not really considered awareness (upayog).
Shubha upayog is only fractional awareness in which a person
has awareness of what is beneficial in this life and the coming
life.
People generally have some awareness in matters of their
own home, business and some other matters, but their awareness
is limited to this much. In all other matters they are ‘asleep,’
however, in reality this awareness is still ‘mechanical.’
When can a person become free from being ‘mechanical,’
being unaware? When he becomes constantly aware of both
what is beneficial (hita) and what is harmful (ahita) for his self.
Questioner: But, Dada, this benefit-harm is a worldly
thing, is it not?
Dadashri: It is not like that. There is some awareness
when one is on a path where one does everything good and
positive for others (shubha marg). But when is that so? It is
only if that leads to that which is auspicious and beneficial in this
as well as the next life; only then is it called awareness. Otherwise,
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