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Aptavani-9
Where there is total laghutam, there is the
state of the absolute
The one who has attained a state of ‘devaluation’
(devaluing the relative-self) in the relative becomes absolute in
the real. Therefore, devaluation in the relative is needed. You
may eat, drink and enjoy, but there must be devaluation, nothing
else. Does the devaluation of the rupees that occurs sometimes,
affect people? Life goes on. Sometimes there is devaluation and
sometimes there is elevation. But does that affect people at
large? Similarly there is no harm in devaluing the relative life. On
the contrary, there is nothing but gain. You just have to live
happily. Just look at me. I am sitting here having gone through
the process of devaluation. What fun it is.
Now what am I saying? Your absolute state will blossom
as your devaluation of the relative increases. So is this not the
easiest way? Is anything difficult in this? There is nothing else to
understand here and laghutam will not make you worry about
anything. See is there any worry about money after devaluation?
Before, how many worries did you have when there was
‘valuation’? People had anxieties and fear about being attacked
on their way to the bank. Now there is nobody there to attack
and no worries. There is no problem after devaluation.
If you are a millionaire but you know how to maintain
humility, if you know how to sit low, you begin to become
laghutam (be humble) in other ways; you will become gurutam
at the other end, the Self.
The one who tries to be laghutam in the relative, will
become gurutam in the real; his state will become absolute. You
do not have to do anything in order to become gurutam. So in
your worldly interactions, when you want to say anything, just
keep in mind, ‘there is no jiva (living being) smaller than myself.
I am the smallest’. If you maintain this awareness, it is more than
enough. If you become laghutam only then will you attain the