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that is why he continues to do so. Now that he understands this,
he will tend to do less of it.
You are now convinced (pratiti) that it is wrong to keep
intense mental notes. Now you will experience (anubhav) the
benefits of not doing so. You will gradually taste the benefits of
this and then it will manifest in your conduct (charitra). This is
how it works.
So if one wants to be free of such conduct (acharan),
one must first have a conviction (pratiti) of it, then he will come
to experience (anubhav) it and then the negative conduct
(charitra) will go away. So everything happens through a
scientific process and hence the results are scientific. If you want
to climb stairs, can you do it in one leap? You can only do it step
by step. You cannot do it in one leap.
You have never heard this word nondha (keeping mental
notes), before, have you? Is this not the first time?
Making intense mental notes increases
enmity
So do not keep an intense mental note of anything. What
have you gained so far by keeping such notes? On the contrary,
miseries have increased. So do not keep intense mental notes.
Have you not observed that Dada does not keep any notes?
Questioner: I experienced that today. Otherwise, we
would not know that you do not make mental notes.
Dadashri: But you must be seeing that Dada does not
keep a note, do you not?
Questioner: Yes, you do not keep notes but you
remember everything, do you not?
Dadashri: Yes, I remember but I do not keep notes.
Questioner: What is the difference between the two,
Dada?