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Aptavani-9
Dadashri: No there are very few such people; people
like the laborers and such people.
Questioner: But do people not attain intellect first and
then attain the state of abuddha (the state of being without
excess intellect)?
Dadashri: That is a different thing altogether. That is a
parmatma state – the state of the supreme Soul. After attaining
intellect, when one becomes abuddha, that is the state of
parmatma (the state of the absolute Self).
But this worldly life becomes very difficult for a person
with intellect. If a man with excess intellect has five daughters,
when the daughters grow up and start going out, he will start to
recall all the phases. He can understand everything with his
intellect. He can visualize everything and then he becomes very
troubled and entangled. Nevertheless, he has no choice but send
his daughters off to college and yet he has to see all the phases
his intellect shows him. Whether something happens or not God
only knows but he dies of suspicions.
He has no knowledge of events that are actually taking
places and so he has no suspicions about them but he has
endless suspicions where there is nothing going on. He is
scorched by endless suspicions and he becomes fearful. So, the
moment suspicion arises in a person, he is doomed.
Suspicion, continued suspicion and
destructive suspicion
Questioner: Please explain shanka (suspicion), aashanka
(repeated suspicion), and kushanka (destructive suspicion)?
Dadashri: A father with intellect has a grown up
daughter. He does not have a lot of attachment towards her, so
he will automatically understand that he has to keep a suspicious
eye (shanka) on his daughter. He will have to keep a careful eye
on her. A man with awareness will always be alert. One can