Aptavani-6
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Nikachit karma has to be suffered; nothing will deter it,
but at least no new or additional problems arise after or during
the suffering because one does not have a desire to enjoy or
endure effects. If one gets to eat a mango, he will eat it, and if
he does not get to eat one, then that is fine too. One will have
to taste the mango; he will have to eat it, even though he does
not want to. He has to do this because of pudgal sparshna,
pending account of the non-Self. No one can do anything about
it.
In atkan (inner blockade), there remain hidden desires
within. Therefore, in this era of the current time cycle, in the
presence of the Gnani Purush one should eradicate all one’s
atkan from its roots. And it is possible to do so. Everything can
be cured in the presence of the Gnani Purush. The presence of
the Gnani Purush is defined by the eradication of all disease! Do
you like atkan?
Questioner: No, having learned about what atkan is
now, it pricks like a thorn; how could I like it?
Dadashri: Yes, it is bothersome like a thorn. It is called
the mightiest thorn of illusion (mayashalya)!
Questioner: On the one hand the blockade/atkan
continues within and I am aware of it, and on the other hand, the
mind likes one thing and it does not like another. It all takes
place simultaneously.
Dadashri: Yes, but atkan is atkan. One should uproot
it and eradicate it forever. You should remove it from its main
root so that there is no chance for it to sprout again. And it is
possible to do so through extraordinary spiritual effort
(parakram)!
Questioner: When this blockade/atkan comes, is ‘Dada’
also present at that time? Then what if I say, ‘Look, Dada, what
is going on’?