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you able to tell which one of them came and ate? The kashayas
come and eat in this manner. This is how they feed. If they are
fed just twice a month, they become as strong as they were
before.
The kashayas have never been fed in ‘our’ home, which
is why they all left. Once it has been decided, ‘I do not want to
feed them’, then they will not feed. Awareness (jagruti) is
needed.
The kashayas are still sitting there; they have not gone
away. But at the same time, ‘we’ have not killed them either.
‘We’ are not himsak - violent - and that is why they have not
gone away yet. ‘We’ do not have to starve them to death either.
They simply remain at bay because of the aura and the ‘heat’ of
the presence of the Gnani Purush, so what can ‘we’ do? We
should not deliberately invite them either. Do they ever come to
you to dine?
Questioner: Yes they do.
Dadashri: If you feed them raw food today, then
tomorrow they will dine on cooked food. Therefore, you must
never have a relationship or the interaction of feeding them.
Whereas people feed them all the time, they feed their anger;
they feed their pride etc.
Questioner: These kashayas eat everything so what
should I do?
Dadashri: They will come to eat. Nevertheless Dadaji
stands over you and through his blessings and grace (krupa) it
is possible to clean everything. If you move away from this
satsang on your own, then everything will immediately latch on
to you. You should never leave Dadaji’s support and protection.
These kashayas of anger-pride-deceit-greed are
suppressed within and given a chance; they can still flare up
suddenly. So, if you want to bring an end to them all, then the