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a file is a karmic event or person, which is very difficult to be free from as it possesses you). Similarly, when you know atkan as atkan, it will fall away. Lord Mahavir asks,‘ Did you‘ know’ the atkan?’ One will reply,‘ Yes.’ So the Lord says,‘ Then you are free.’ So it is up to You to see which‘ room,’ the Self or the non-Self, you want to sit in. If there are pebbles and stones flying outside, you have to sit in your own‘ room’ until the bell rings to inform you that it is clear for you to come out; then You should come out.
Questioner: When we talk about spiritual effort( purusharth), is the part of subtle understanding considered purusharth and does‘ letting go of the reins of the senses( indriyas)’ fall under this?
Dadashri: At the start of the morning, say five times with a pure inner intent that You are‘ letting go of the reins of the senses.’ Then simply see the free reins for one whole Sunday! But, instead, one worries,‘ What will happen, what will happen?’ Hey! Nothing is going to happen; you are a God. What can possibly happen to God? Should you not have enough courage from being a God?( Tell yourself)‘ Dada has given me the state of Godhood.’ Such is this Gnan that you have become a God. As yet, you are not getting the full benefit of it. What is the reason for this? It is because You are not even testing that state, are You? You do not use that state … but what if You try to remain that way a little?
Questioner: So to remain desire-less and uninterested in the pleasures of the five senses; is it the same as living without opinion( abhipraay)?
Dadashri: You should be completely free of opinions. There should not be any opinion whatsoever. If you have the slightest opinion, if it is hiding somewhere, then You should remove it. The opinion,‘ There is pleasure in the worldly life, there is pleasure in these five senses,’ should not remain at all.