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208 Aptavani-6 This world will not let anyone go to moksha. The world is full of interfering intellect. Amidst it all, if one passes through with awareness and closes all accounts of karma, then he will attain moksha. Getting the Work Done Through the Prakruti After attaining Self-realization, when one says, ‘I am Shuddhatma,’ from that moment on, he is nirvikalp; he is without the vikalp – the false imagination of, ‘I am Chandulal.’ But if he says anything other than that such as, ‘I am like this,’ or ‘I am like that,’ then that is all vikalp. Vikalp is the cause of the worldly life. I am Shuddhatma is the nirvikalp state, the state of bliss. Nevertheless, Chandulal will continue doing good deeds as well as bad ones. He will do right deeds that are helpful to others, and he will also do wrong deeds that hurt others. No one can do only helpful or only hurtful deeds. Some do more hurtful ones and some do less. Questioner: Is that going to happen even when we do not wish it? Dadashri: Yes, it will; so once you decide, ‘I am Shuddhatma,’ then you simply have to ‘see’ all these helpful or hurtful, right or wrong actions that unfold. If any good or bad results occur within, then you should not think, ‘Something bad happened. My Shuddhatma has become ruined.’ Shuddhatma is your real Self. This so-called helpful-hurtful, good-bad is the result of mistakes of past life (karma). You just have to keep ‘seeing’ those results. And this ‘good-bad’ ‘helpful-hurtful’ is the worldly, relative language. There is no such thing as helpful- hurtful in the Lord’s language. (‘Lord’ refers to Lord Mahavir). Questioner: Why should one even bother with it if helpful- hurtful is not in the Lord’s language? Dadashri: There is nothing to do or bother about. That is why I say ‘see’ (juvo) and do not hurt anyone. However, if