nispruha (without any inclination towards needs, or desire, of
any material things of this world). The one who has the virtue of
being straight will naturally receive the grace of the Gnani Purush
who himself is completely straightforward in everything.
One is considered to have become straightforward when
he knows his own obstinacies. The obstinacies can be identified
only if one has the Knowledge of his real Self. And only then
can they be reduced and ultimately eradicated. On the other
hand, the one who is obstinate will completely miss the whole
path of liberation.
Obstinacy arises in making others do according to your
will. By doing according to the will of others, obstinacies come
to an end.
“To have the knowledge ‘the one who is obstinate is not
I’ is called Akram Vignan, which is a step-less (short-cut) path
to Self- realization and ‘the one who is obstinate is I and I have
to straighten out’, is called Kramic path, which is a step by step
path (you progress one step at a time).”
~ Dadashri
To be upset and non-communicative (risavu) is also a
type of obstinacy. Who is at a loss from becoming upset and
non-communicative? Will the train wait for the one who remains
upset and non-communicative? The train will leave right in front
of him. The world will not stop for him at all.
If someone is being upset and non-communicative (risavu)
with you, he is being so with the one that is a risad in you; i.e.
the one that gets upset and non-communicative within you. The
risad within you is seeing the one who is upset and non-
communicative. The risad within you is not the real Self. The
one who is upset and non-communicative (risavu) with you is
not the real Self either. The Self sees the Self; the Self sees the
pure (shuddha) only. Inherent in this, is the path of liberation.
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