Aptavani-9
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A miser thinks he knows how to use a razor very well. He
will keep sharpening the blade with a sharpening stone. You fool
this blade is not something that can be sharpened on a
sharpening stone. There is no relation between the blade and the
sharpening stone. It is a wonder if one knows how to use it
correctly. Once I told someone, ‘I do not know how to use the
blade and neither do you, so whom should we ask?’ You bring
stainless steel blades for me but I do not know how to use them,
so what can the stainless steel do about it? It becomes useless
in the hands of the one who does not know how to use it.
Therefore all this is misuse of intellect, being over-wise
(vikalpi, thoka thok). All worldly knowledge is such that it will
never lead you to liberation.
The zero ego state of The Gnani
I do not even know how to give lectures. I know only
‘this Gnan’. I don’t know anything else in the world. I came to
know this Gnan because I did not know anything else. And I
have not gone anywhere to learn the worldly things. Otherwise
anyone and everyone will want to be my guru. Instead, why not
become an expert in the Self? This will make me nirleyp -
absolutely unaffected?
I do not even know anything about the worldly life. I did
not know anything in school either. All I knew was that I did
not want a boss (upari). That was the only thing that