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90 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