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Non-Violence
and the Self. If there were only pure matter in the body, it could
not be obstructed.
Questioner: Your example of the light and sewage was
very pertinent.
Dadashri: Yes, but I only give it occasionally. Generally I
do not use that analogy with everyone because it may be
misconstrued and lead people astray.
The Self-Realized One is Absolutely Non-Violent
Dadashri: Now if moonlight illuminated the roads, would
a person drive his car without turning on his headlights?
Questioner: Yes, he would.
Dadashri: And when he turns the lights on, he would see a
myriad insects whirring around in the beam, bashing against the
vehicle and being killed, but until then he was not aware of the
insects being killed. With the lights turned on he is filled with the
doubt that, ‘I am being violent. I am killing insects.’
So many people do not have the ‘light’ at all, which is why
they do not see the insects or question the fact that violence is
taking place. People see by whatever ‘light’ they have. As the
light increases, they will see that many insects are being killed. In
the same way, as one’s awareness increases, one is able to see
more and more of one’s own faults, otherwise one is oblivious to
them. The Soul is the light. When it touches the life-forms, it does
not harm them because it passes through them effortlessly. This is
because the insects are gross and the Soul is extremely subtle.
The Self is absolutely non-violent. If you were to remain as the
Self, then you would also be absolutely non-violent. But if you
become the owner of the physical body, then you enter the world
of violence. When you have this realization, how can you be held
liable for any violence? That is why after becoming the Pure Self,
karma can never bind you.