Aptavani-9
449
Everywhere else (in the Kramic path) Gnan manifests only
when all other smoldering fires (upsham kashayas) have been
put out i.e. when all the latent kashayas within have been
eradicated. Kshayo-psham – the state of partial purity - means
that the ego is still there, but it is not visible at the moment. There
is fire underneath but it is covered. Therefore, you cannot see it
from the surface. You think there are only ashes there, but you
will realize it when it ignites with the slightest of air.
That is when awareness leads to the
experience of Gnan
It will be beneficial if You keep increasing awareness
(jagruti). You will not bind karma when Your awareness
increases. There is no karma bondage with awareness (jagruti)
and so everything will become clear from within. In the
meantime the ego continues to melt away.
There is no deceit (kapat) in pride (maan); if there were,
then awareness (jagruti) would not arise. Kapat is the curtain;
it is a veil. A veil obscures whatever it covers; it renders one
blind.
Questioner: What is deceit (kapat)?
Dadashri: It is where one tries to hide the vastu – the
element - the Soul. All of this is nothing but deceit (kapat), is
it not? Is this kapat not responsible for doing everything wrong
within? It only happens when deceit (kapat) and ego get
together. Who takes you on the wrong path? It is anger-pride-
deceit-greed. These four will take you on the wrong path when
they get together. The ego is the root cause. And what does one
have greed (lobh) for within? He enjoys tasting the sweetness
that lies within.
Before awareness (jagruti) can give result (parinaam) of
the experience of Gnan, not a single percent of deceit (kapat)
can remain within. There should not be any element of deceit