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Aptavani-6
experience) that adjustment now, but you have received
everything according to your ashaya.
You would not be able to sleep if it were not in your
ashaya. If an outlaw has in his ashaya to rob a man; then he
will never encounter a woman to rob. Your thoughts and buddhi
(antahkaran – the inner working components of the mind,
intellect, chit and ego) will be according to your ashaya and
your whole life will pass according to your ashaya. Now, why
can you not adjust to it?
You receive everything according to past ashaya (an
extract that is carried forward; every living being receives their
place according to their ashaya), but you cannot adjust to
everything according to your current knowledge. Nevertheless,
you will like only that which is in your ashaya. Changes cannot
be made in the ashaya. After receiving this Gnan, the only thing
that happens is that new tubers are not created and the old ones
dissolve away, making you tuber-free (nirgranth). Now, new
ashaya is not bound and the old one continues to dissolve
away.
Questioner: What should one do in order to become
tuber-free?
Dadashri: You should do introspection (samayik) like
the one they do here. With samayik, a large tuber, which is very
troublesome, will melt away.
Questioner: Does one have to make an effort to see
one’s own faults in the samayik? Does one not have to make
an effort during samayik?
Dadashri: No, effort means to make the mind do
something; to make the mind do something is considered an
effort, whereas to ‘see’ is not considered ‘doing.’
You can now ‘see’ mistakes that you could not ‘see’