The Flawless Vision
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Questioner: I see many of my faults. I see my anger and
my greed.
Dadashri: That is just a handful and it’s the same as not
having seen them at all. But when you see others’ faults, how
many of them do you see?
Questioner: A lot of them.
Dadashri: Do you see many?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: You even criticize the way people walk and yet
you cannot see any faults of your own. Your inner enemies of
anger, pride, attachment and greed obscure your vision and blind
you. You wander around blindly with your eyes open. What invited
suffering!
With their eyes open, all human beings of the world are
sleeping. This is what Lord Mahavir has said, because people are
hurting themselves in this darkness. When you acquire the
knowledge that you are the Pure Soul, you awaken from this sleep
and are able to see your mistakes. Only then are you truly awake!
When The Intellect is The Lawyer, The Mistake Wins
Once you are awakened to The Self, you become aware
of your mistakes; otherwise you can never see your own faults or
mistakes. Perhaps you will see a few obvious ones, and may even
admit to others that on occasion you get angry or that you have a
little miserly streak in you. If someone were to tell you that you
have a bad temper, you will immediately become defensive. You
would protect your mistakes by arguing in their defense. Whenever
you try to defend an inner enemy, it will always overpower you.
Everyone in this world seeks to rid himself of his anger,