480 Aptavani-9
Questioner:‘ I-ness’ is bound to be there as long as‘ I am correct’ remains, is it not?
Dadashri: There is no such thing as right or wrong. There is no problem with the‘ I-ness’ of that kind. There are many other types of‘ I-ness’. One gets upset at the slightest comment. That is protection of the prakruti. Not only does one protect the prakruti but he turns things around by employing deceit( kapat). In that situation, the‘ I-ness’ is doubled. To vehemently protect one’ s self, is all potapanu. Not only do they protect themselves, but they do it artfully and then dodge away. The artful dodging is deceit.
Did you understand the meaning of I-ness; the potapanu? One still continues to protect the non-Self, and that protection is attained through artfulness and deceit( kada and kapat).
Questioner: To protect one’ s prakruti is considered‘ I- ness’, so when does that turn into deceit?
Dadashri: All the‘ I-ness’ goes into protecting the prakruti the non-Self. The‘ I-ness’ without kapat( deceitfulness) is better; it is softer, but the other is bad.
Questioner: You have said that protection of prakruti is‘ I-ness’ and to protect through artfulness and deceit is double the‘ I-ness’.
Dadashri: Yes, that is double the‘ I-ness’. Even children protect themselves, but there is no deceit in it.
Questioner: When a person knows that he has protected his prakruti artfully and deceitfully, what is that?
Dadashri: He will recognize it if the deceit kapat is thin but he will not if it is heavy and dense.
Aggression is intense potapanu
Do you have a desire to get rid of the‘ I-ness’( potapanu)?