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and surrendered everything only to the Lord. The Lord now takes care of everything for A. M. Patel, and He( the Lord) does take care of everything, does He not? The‘ I-ness’ that was there before, left with the departure of the ego. Otherwise, the ego is not such that it will leave.
The separation exists only as long as there is the presence of‘ I-ness’( potapanu) and until then the Lord stays away. The Lord is with you as soon as you let go of the‘ I-ness’. Why don’ t you let it go? It is so easy! If you let go of the‘ I-ness’, then God Himself will take care of everything for you. You will not have to do anything if you let go of the‘ I-ness’.
Who do you know as‘ Dada Bhagwan’ in this? The one you see sitting in front of you is a‘ public trust’ called A. M. Patel. And people take him to satsang wherever they can, whenever the circumstance arises because there is no sense of‘ I-ness’ within‘ us’.
What has Shrimad Rajchandra said about a Gnani Purush? The Gnani Purush is the One who does not have even the slightest inclination( spruha). He has no beggary of any kind. He has no beggary for giving updesh( spiritual discourse); He has no beggary for disciples. He has no beggary to change anyone for the better. He has no garva or garavata – no doership or wallowing in worldly pleasures; no‘ I-ness’( potapanu). All the above are inherent in‘ I-ness’.
In this world there is not a single man that does not have a sense of‘ I-ness’. It is a different matter when we talk about the universe; there we have the tirthankaras. But as far as this world is concerned, there is no one without‘ I-ness’. Only those who have fallen short of attaining the tirthankara lineage are free of‘ I-ness’ in this world.
The Gnani does not have‘ I-ness’ What are the attributes and qualities of the one without‘ I-