Aptavani-6
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Questioner: Does the ego also depend on effect, location,
time and inner intents?
Dadashri: Yes, and that is why one does pratishtha. It
will appear as if it is the ego that is doing the pratishtha, but
circumstances make him do it. That gives rise to pratishtha.
Now, circumstances arise out of that pratishtha which again
cause you to create new pratishtha. Therefore, You (the real
Self) do not do anything in it. That is why I call it ‘scientific
circumstantial evidences.’ It is the circumstance that makes a
person do things, and he believes, ‘I did it.’ Even the belief, ‘I
did it,’ is caused by circumstances. Someone may ask, ‘Is that
called an ego?’ You can say it is verily the ego because the
‘doer’ is some other entity, but he claims and believes he did it.
Questioner: Does ego arise according to circumstances?
Dadashri: Yes, that is correct. It is circumstances that
make him do everything, including having the ego. Yet he believes,
‘I am doing it,’ and because of that, a new pratishtha arises.
‘We’ (mahatmas) do not have, ‘I did it,’ in ‘our’ belief. ‘We’
know that vyavasthit (scientific circumstantial evidences) make
‘us’ do all that, and that is why pratishtha stops occurring. The
one (pratishtha) that was created prior to Gnan, that life will
come; but new creation has ended. When you went on the
pilgrimage, it was due to the bhaav you had created previously.
Wherever you went are the places you had made the bhaav
to visit.
Questioner: Does the buddhi’s ashaya change or not?
Dadashri: Buddhi’s ashaya depends upon the prevailing
circumstances. If one is surrounded by policemen, it will create
fear in him and his buddhi’s ashaya will say that he does not
want to steal anymore. Everything will change accordingly.
Buddhi’s ashaya arises according to the coming together
of physical matter (dravya), location (kshetra), time (kaad) and