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life force (mishra chetan), ‘I am Chandulal’? (Mishra chetan;
mishra – mixed, chetan – life force.)
Dadashri: If it touches, You have to ‘see’ that.
Questioner: But what if that has an effect on us?
Dadashri: You have to ‘see’ that too! What is the job of
the light? It is to ‘see.’ Whether there is a hill, mud, water,
stench, even bushes, it goes into them and comes out; but none
of these things affect the light. If this light is like that, then how
wonderful the light of the Self must be!
If you are driving in the dark without lights, you will not
know how many insects are crushed and killed, but when you
turn on the lights, you will see how many bugs collide with the
car. It is because of the light that you are able to see. Does that
mean that they were not colliding before you turned the lights
on? They were. Those who have not received Gnan do not see
this, but we do because we have the light – Self-knowledge. We
get worried and concerned because we can see, whereas they
do not worry. This is how the world works.
Questioner: But everyone will have to come to this level
of concern, will they not?
Dadashri: After entering the world of recurring, externally-
induced problems and resultant suffering (upadhi), one seeks
out the path of freedom from external problems; liberation
(nirupadhi). But how can one find a way out of the problem of
upadhi when he has not come into the problem, when he does
not see it as upadhi? He has to understand that he has entered
the world of suffering (upadhi).
One has to understand this only once. This external light
does not touch anything and it is because of the light that you
can see the insects colliding; otherwise, you could not see anything.
Therefore, once you understand, then there is no problem or