Aptavani-9
479
That is how this ‘I lawyer Mangaddas’ is. So when you
took this Gnan, the ‘Lawyer’ and ‘Mangaddas’ went away, but
the ‘potey – the ‘I’ still remains. Therefore ‘I-ness’ (potapanu)
still remains for You. When the other lawyer in the court says
something wrong, the ‘I-ness’ (potapanu) in you will express.
If someone comes here to discuss something complex
regarding satsang or any other topics, it is fine if the discussion
continues for an hour and half. There will be no dakhodakhal
(interference and its effects), from ‘us’. Elsewhere when that
happens, it may even result in matbhed - separation due to
difference in opinions. ‘We’ have no dakhodakhal. A task of
one hundred hours will be accomplished by ‘us’ within an hour!
But there will be no dakhodakhal. This is because ‘we’ do not
have any ‘I-ness’.
Protection of the prakruti is potapanu
Do you have ‘I-ness’ or not?
Questioner: It does arise sometimes.
Dadashri: Otherwise what remains? There is constant
and continuous awareness (jagruti) in the one who does not
have ‘I-ness’ (potapanu). Whatever unawareness (ajagruti)
there is; is all verily ‘I-ness’ (potapanu). The ‘I-ness’ will arise
immediately when someone tells you that you have no sense,
does it not?
Questioner: It does sometimes.
Dadashri: Does it happen everyday or only sometimes?
Tell me when it does not happen. All this is ‘I-ness’ only. That,
which one protects, is potapanu ‘I-ness’. To protect this
prakruti, the non-Self, is all ‘I-ness’. The loss of ownership of
the prakruti (the belief of ‘I am Chandulal’) has been
established through conviction (pratiti, shraddha – the belief of
‘I am the pure Soul’), but still the ‘I-ness’(potapanu) does not
leave, does it?