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Aptavani-6
‘Amey keval gnan pyaasi, Dadaney kaaje aa bhuv,
deshoo amey gaadi’
What is his thirst for?
His thirst, the yearning, is only for absolute knowledge
(keval gnan). Now his thirst is for nothing else. So ‘we’ ask
him, ‘There is thirst within; look for it deep within you.’ So he
will say, ‘The thirst is in the relative-self (prakruti), I do not
have any thirst.’ Some have a quarter’s worth of prakruti left,
some have fifty cents worth left and some have seventy-five
cents worth left of the prakruti. So does God punish the one
with the seventy-five cents of prakruti? The answer is ‘No, You
have to take care of whatever deficiency you, the prakruti,
have.’ The deficiency in the prakruti leaves by ‘seeing’ and
‘knowing’ it.
Now as long as there is prakruti, all its shortcomings will
eventually come to end if You do not interfere (dakhal) in it.
Prakruti takes care of its own shortcomings. Interfering occurs
when one says, ‘I am doing it.’
If one has not taken Gnan, then the prakruti continues in
the wrong the whole day long. And now, it walks on the right
path. You may tell someone off, but from within you feel, ‘No,
I cannot do this. I have to do pratikraman for telling him off.’
Whereas, before you attained Gnan, you felt that he deserved
even more telling off, and you would even do it.
Therefore, whatever goes on within you now is energy of
the Self (samkit-bud). It is a tremendous energy which continues
working day and night.
Questioner: Does pragnya (energy of the Self that is
awakened within upon Self-realization and leads one to ultimate
liberation) do all the work?
Dadashri: Yes, pragnya is doing all that work. Pragnya