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deceit hurts others. Now if you use deceit in order to go to
satsang (company of the Self-realized beings; the company of
the Self), it is not considered deceit because otherwise kusang
is in abundance all around. That which takes one away from the
eternal Self is all kusang.
Questioner: Does deceit arise as a result of meeting
someone who is instrumental (a nimit) in the expression of deceit?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that.
Questioner: Does the nimit (a living or non-living
instrumental evidence in unfolding karma effect) come for the
purpose of binding karma (bhaav-karma)?
Dadashri: No, there is not just deceit only. Anger-pride-
deceit-greed, all four join in. That causes the veil, the blind
vision, the illusion (darshan moha). Then all the work is done
based on this vision. ‘We’ destroy that vision; we destroy your
darshan moha when ‘we’ give you Gnan. Such illusionary vision
is destroyed only after many demerit karmas (paap) are
destroyed. Once that illusionary vision (darshan) is destroyed,
Your work is accomplished.
This worldly life remains because of anger-pride-deceit-
greed, not because of vishay* that one is engaged in. The root
cause of the worldly life is anger-pride-deceit-greed. *(Vishay
– any worldly thing or subject one finds pleasure in. It can also
mean sex.)
Questioner: When anger-pride-deceit-greed occur and
at that time, if one remains in the awareness (jagruti) of the Self,
then he will not bind any new causes, will he?
Dadashri: How can awareness (jagruti) prevail? He is
blind himself and he has blinded others too. Until the light
manifests, until he attains the right belief of ‘I am pure Soul’
(samkit), he is not considered to have awareness, is he? Things