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Aptavani-9
(tanmayakar), You have to know that vyavasthit is taking ‘you’
in that direction, so You bring it back into the Self, and ‘see’
from there the beginning of the suffering and how it began. Such
purusharth is needed.
Do you think it is easy to, ‘see and know’? But all the
mahatmas claim, ‘Dada, we see and know, the whole day.’ I
tell them that is good because they would not understand the
subtleness of it and I will have problem explaining to them. I am
discussing this degree of subtleness just because of you,
otherwise it cannot be discussed.
Questioner: But this is necessary.
Dadashri: But whom should I tell? I can tell only certain
people.
The attainment in Akram Vignan
Having attained this Gnan, You have become the Self
(Atma), but not the Absolute Self. It is pratiti Atma - the Self
in conviction (this conviction of ‘I am the Self’ is for ever). Then
the prakruti has become upsham – it has settled down, yet the
Self is only at the level of conviction (pratiti Atma). All our
mahatmas have the pratiti Atma.
Questioner: So after attaining this Gnan, the entire
prakruti has become upsham; it has quietened down.
Dadashri: Yes, it is more than enough when it becomes
upsham. Just to arrive at the state of upsham is the greatest
purusharth. That in itself is the greatest attainment (labdhi) and
nothing compares to it.
Questioner: What purusharth is there just because the
prakruti has quieted down?
Dadashri: That also is called purusharth. Prakruti will
become helpful to You when it becomes upsham. So it will
produce results when You do purusharth. Your purusharth will