austerities . You need to become free from mistakes . Which is the main mistake ? It is the ignorance of your real identity . Who is able to destroy this mistake ? It is the Gnani Purush .
How can you get rid of a mistake ? By knowing how the mistake came into existence , you will find a way to get rid of it . Faith and conviction give rise to mistakes , and faith and conviction will destroy it also . When you become convinced that you yourself are one hundred percent responsible for the mistake and provided you do not defend that mistake even in the slightest degree , then that mistake will go .
Those who have become God , did so by destroying only their own mistakes . Dadashree used to ask , “ Who can see his own mistakes ? It is the one who has the absolute vision of flawless conduct , even though his conduct is not . That person is considered liberated .’ I am able to see my subtle and subtle most mistakes .
You will not be punished for your mistakes , but you will be rewarded for being aware of the mistake . Your reward being the departure of the mistake you acknowledged . After acquiring Self- Realization , a person becomes impartial towards himself and that is why he is able to see all his faults .
No mistakes can touch the one who is in his pure state of awareness .
The intellect always looks for a settlement . It wants to be pacified . When can you pacify the intellect ? You can do so by looking at the faults of the intellect itself , or by seeing faults in others .
When a person does not have Self-Realization , he always sees faults in others and can never see his own . The intellect becomes agitated within , and consequently will disrupt the inner components of the mind , the ego and the chit . It will create an insurgence . The intellect will then point out faults in others , thereby
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