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Aptavani-8
Questioner: Does, ‘it happens’ mean that you cannot do
anything yourself?
Dadashri: Yes, that is it. When one tries to do it himself,
the illusion (bhranti) arises, and because he then becomes the
doer (karta), the worries occur. Now do you understand? You
yourself are a non-doer (akarta), but you have assumed the
state of doer (karta), and having assumed the state of the doer,
you now assume the state of the sufferer (bhokta); because you
went out to do, you became the sufferer. And that is why there
is worry, anxiety and trouble, all day long. Therefore, even if
someone insults you, you feel hurt.
The reason why, I have to give you this Gnan (Knowledge)
is so that you, come into your own nature (swabhav). Thereafter,
the Atma (the Self), will stay in the Atma, and the anatma (non-
Self), will remain in the anatma. In every jiva (living entity), there
is chetan (Soul), and all it does, is gives light; it does nothing else.
All this that is temporary (vinashi), is relative, and “All
these relatives are temporary adjustments, and you are real and
permanent.” However, the temporary and the permanent have
both become integrated. ‘We’ separate the two, by placing a
line of demarcation between them, so you have, “This is that and
this is not that.”
Questioner: What happens to the permanent (avinashi)
when it separates from the temporary (vinashi)?
Dadashri: Then one no longer has these miseries (dukh).
A person does not have these miseries of sansar (the worldly
life) any longer of, ‘this is what happened, that is what happened.’
And even when it is time to die, he is not afraid; even when his
pocket is picked, he feels no grief (dukh); even if his wife
swears at him he feels no grief – he feels no unhappiness (dukh)
whatsoever! Therefore, when the permanent (avinashi) separates
from the temporary (vinashi), they both remain in their own
nature (swabhav). What else could happen?