The answer to a seeker’s question can only be given to
his satisfaction and full resolution, if the ego of the one answering
the questions is completely gone. Even the discharge ego has to
leave completely. The speech that accepts all viewpoints and
does not hurt anyone to the slightest extent will not come forth
as long as one tastes the sweet juice of doer-ship (garvaras).
Thus, there should not be any ego or intellect in the speech that
comes forth. People will not get any benefit if the ego of the one
trying to preach is not gone. It will feel good to the listener’s ear,
so he will praise the preacher but it will cause a terrible loss to
the preacher. The ego will take all the credit and divert him from
the path of liberation.
In the path of Akram Vignan the Gnani Purush shows the
‘red light’ (danger signal) to those who want to be preachers
(updeshak). Dadashri gives this ‘red signal’: ‘If as much as a
hair of ‘our’ knowledge is told to people, people will flock;
people have not seen such bliss, they have not heard anything
like this, therefore, they will flock here! But the ego that is sitting
inside will laugh.’ If you want to achieve completion (the
absolute state of the Soul), don’t show your immaturity by
answering when anyone asks questions.
The fire is covered under the ashes. As long as the
intellect has not been eradicated, as long as the ego has not been
eradicated, as long as worldly desires are not eradicated and as
long as there are thoughts of sexual pleasure (vishaya), there is
no predicting when that fire will ignite. Unless the kashayas and
vishaya that have been covered up are eradicated, preaching to
people is very dangerous and risky.
One will not be able to find his mistakes as long as one
is partial to his own self. Partiality towards the relative self will
keep one in illusion and perpetuate the illusion. When the force
of karma unfolds, one becomes absorbed in it, the awareness
(jagruti) is blocked and the application of knowledge (upayog)
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