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of the Self (Gnan). When you realize your own Self, is then you
become free.
...And the Decisions Remain
Over here, however many falsely ascribed intents (aropit
bhaav), you have made, they are all worldly intents (sansari
bhaav). And because of those worldly intents (sansari bhaav),
other parliamentary members (mind, intellect, chit and ego) come
together. All these members, having come together, collectively
come to a decision, and effective (karya) body is made. Then,
effect and causes, causes and effect, effect and causes ...just
continually go on and on.
Is this name ‘Chandubhai’ effective or not? If someone
said, ‘That Chandubhai that owns the cinema is a bad person!’
just saying that, will have an effect on you. Is this body effective
or not? Even this speech is effective too. Does your speech not
have an effect on some people? And even the mind is effective.
If the mind becomes restless, it will not let you sleep. One gets
ready for bed at ten-thirty at night. Everyone says, ‘Chandubhai,
go to bed’, so he goes to bed. He then remembers that he has lent
someone twenty-five thousand rupees, but he still has not got it in
writing. As soon as he has this thought, his mind becomes restless
and it will not let him sleep. So is the mind not ‘effective’ also?
Therefore, the mind, speech and body are all effective.
They give rise to causes. From the attachment-abhorrence (raag-
dwesh), that occur through them; causes arise, which is the
causal body, that will become the effective body, in the next life.
The causal body is referred to as karan sharira, and effective
body as the karya sharira (the active body giving effects).
Therefore, after it becomes a causal body (karan sharira),
the parliamentary process comes together. After the parliamentary
process (interaction of mind, intellect, chit and ego) has occurred,
only the decisions of the parliament remain, while the members
of the parliament all leave. Each of those decisions, continue to