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Aptavani-9
Questioner: In that sense, I would like to be a junior of
all juniors.
Dadashri: Yes, yes. There is benefit in it. Then you can
become a senior of all seniors. Those who want to remain as a
junior of all juniors; they will be able to become the senior of a
senior.
LCM: Lowest common factor is God
When I was young, a teacher in a Gujarati School told us
to learn laghutam (LCM). So I asked him, ‘What do you mean
by laghutam? How can something be laghutam?’ He replied,
‘You have to find the smallest indivisible number, a number that
cannot be further divided, from the numbers I have given you.’
At that age, do you know what term I used for people and
individuals? I used to say, ‘this ‘number’ (rakam) is no good.’
Therefore, this subject suited me. I used the same terminology.
So then it occurred to me, ‘it is the same in these ‘numbers’
(humans) too, is it not?’ I thought to myself, is it not the same
in these ‘numbers’ (human beings) too? God dwells in everyone
in an indivisible form.
From that moment onwards, my nature began to lean
towards laghutam. It did not become laghutam but it began to
lean towards laghutam and then eventually it became laghutam.
Now “by relative view point I am completely laghutam and by
real view point I am completely gurutam.” Therefore, in matters
concerning worldly dealings, I am laghutam. I was able to
adopt this theory of laghutam right from the beginning.
Only the laghutam state has value
Questioner: So Dada why do you give so much
importance to the laghutam state?
Dadashri: This laghutam is forever a safe side. The one
who is gurutam has fears. There is no fear of falling if I say
laghutam, is there? Those who sit higher have fear of falling.