Aptavani-9
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Questioner: But Dadaji, we are talking about intoxication,
which is subtle (sookshma). It is not ordinarily visible.
Dadashri: Everything is subtle. The owner too is
unaware of it.
Questioner: So how is it possible to prevent it from
arising?
Dadashri: What do you do in order to prevent the
kashaya of anger, pride, deceit and greed from arising? You
have to keep awareness that prevents them from arising.
Questioner: How can I know that the intoxication (keyf)
has not arisen?
Dadashri: Your face will look attractive. Such a person
will look very attractive. Otherwise, everyone looks unattractive.
Alas, how is it possible not to know? Can you not tell whether
a bunch of spinach is fresh or two days old? It is the same in
this case. There is nothing subtle about this, is there? You can
tell right away by looking at it from the surface. Everyone has
the intoxication (keyf) of ‘I know,’ to a greater or a lesser
degree. Only few people become free from it; these people have
understood the facts. Beauty (laavanya) will not radiate in the
presence of intoxication. It is because of the unawareness
(ajagruti) that this intoxication takes place. It will not happen if
awareness is present. Wrong things arise out of unawareness
(ajagruti) but not so with awareness.
Questioner: Dada what kind of awareness should one
maintain when such a mistake (dosh) arises?
Dadashri: It will not arise in the presence of strong
awareness (jagruti). This is not awareness at all. If awareness
is present, the sapling of intoxication (keyf) of ‘I know’ will
never grow. This ‘plant’ of intoxication has sprouted after Gnan.
These very plants have grown after Gnan. All those old ‘plants’
were destroyed when ‘we’ gave you this Gnan, but this new