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Aptavani-6
Dadashri: Then they find a way because they see that
there is no happiness in that. They come to know that happiness
does not lie in a woman or children. There is no happiness in
money either. That is how their inner intent changes. Those in
foreign cultures will never say that happiness does not lie in a
woman or in children, will they? It is only when one experiences
inner suffering and burning that he will say, ‘Let me run to where
there is liberation. I cannot afford this; let me go to where the
Tirthankars have attained liberation.’ (Tirthankars are totally
enlightened beings.)
Questioner: So their inner intent (bhaav) should change
at that time, is that so?
Dadashri: If the inner intent does not change, then nothing
can be accomplished or solved. A person would not go to a
temple or his guru without a change in his inner intent, would he?
Today, there is less asahajata (being in a state without
naturalness) in people but their illusionary attachment (moha)
has increased. So they do not care about anything.
Restlessness verily is asahajata. When the foreign people
are sitting in a garden, they sit in one place for hours, whereas
our people cannot sit still even in a place of worship! This is
because they have inner restlessness.
Foreign people’s restlessness lies in their “bread and butter”
sustenance, whereas our people’s restlessness lies in worrying
that extends all the way down to their seventh generation!
First, the self (pratishthit atma) becomes sahaj (natural,
spontaneous and non-interfering) and then the body becomes
sahaj. Then one will attain a smile that radiates with liberation
(mukta hasya) like ‘ours.’
An Effortless State
When one ‘makes’ an effort (prayaas), then things go