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lose money and then they cannot find it. So if the world were
an illusion, then no one would pick up the money! That is why
the world is not an illusion, it is indeed truth (satya). However,
it is a relative truth (satya), and it is temporary (vinashi).
Brahma (the Self) is real correct. And everything else
that you see with your eyes, that you experience through the
five senses, is all relative correct! There is absolutely no wrong
thing in this world, however as long as you need material
happiness (sukh); fleeting (vinashi) happiness, then you should
stick to the relative truth (satya) and carry on wandering around
in the relative. And there is so much misery and externally
induced suffering (upadhi) behind all the worldly, material
happiness (bhautik sukh), that one only invites difficulties.
When a person experiences this struggle, then he understands
how he endures it! And if you want eternal happiness (avinashi
sukh), then go to where there is eternal truth; truth that exists
for past, present and future time (trikaad). The relative is the
foreign department and the real is the home department. So if
you want to go home, then go home, and if you want to stay
in the foreign, then stay in the foreign. But if you believe that
the foreign is home; you will get nowhere.
Having Attained the Eternal Truth, the
Relative Truth Remains
Satya (true) and mithya (untrue) are really two things,
right? Or is it just one thing? Now I will explain to you what
satya is. What is your name?
Questioner: Chandubhai.
Dadashri: Now, are you really Chandubhai?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: Yes, so that is true (satya). Even others say
that this is really Chandubhai. Your father would even say, ‘this
really is Chandubhai.’ Therefore, that is true. However, it is a