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adamant and insist,‘ You will have to do exactly as I say.’ Therefore, there is no problem if fondness for all other things does not go away.
Questioner: Is fondness for‘ I-ness’ the same thing as making others do according to what we want( dharyu karavoo)?
Dadashri: Not like that. Questioner: Then what?
Dadashri: Everyone in the whole world has‘ I-ness’! One becomes God when his‘ I-ness’, his potapanu goes away. The one who has no‘ I-ness’ is a God. Although I have given Gnan to everyone, all of you still have the‘ I-ness’. You will become God when that‘ I-ness’ goes away. You are God at present( from the absolute perspective), but you( the relative- Self) have not become one because you still have the‘ I-ness’. You will become God when you no longer have the‘ I-ness’.
Purusharth should begin with the right intent The‘ I-ness’ will leave if there is Gnan, otherwise it will not.
Questioner: But we have all attained Gnan so with Gnan the aapopu – the‘ I-ness’- keeps increasing, because later we realize that the‘ I-ness’ has increased instead of decreasing.
Dadashri: That is not aapopu. This term aapopu is for a very high spiritual level, Just prior to leaving the body, when purity comes in, that is the state free of all kashayas, then the residual‘ I-ness’ is considered aapopu or potapanu.
Questioner: The‘ I-ness’ may have gone but even then one often does dakho – he interferes.
Dadashri: But what is the evidence that it has even gone? You are saying that dakho occurs. It does not appear that this‘ I-ness’ is gone in anyone. There would be no more interference