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The Flawless Vision
grave mistakes will lead to one’s own destruction. Only the Gnani
Purush and no one else, can claim not to have any more mistakes
left in him. Each mistake must be seen and then destroyed.
Everything is created through one’s own mistakes. You are bound
because of your mistakes, and when you begin to see them, you
will attain freedom. It is through constant observation of my faults
that I too have become liberated. You too will become free, as
soon as you begin to see your mistakes. No one else has the
capability to destroy your mistakes but the Gnani.
I accept my mistakes and immediately deal with them with
equanimity. You on the other hand failed to deal with your past
mistakes with equanimity and that is why the same mistake keeps
coming back to you. You do not know how to get rid of them and
so instead of destroying a single mistake, you end up creating five
more.
You Have No Boss
Questioner: But Dada, would we be able to understand
our mistakes if you were not in front of us?
Dadashri: Alas, how else can one understand? If a person
cannot see his own mistakes, how can he destroy the mistakes of
others?
Only he, who does not depend on anyone to show him his
mistakes, can destroy his mistakes. Such a person does not need
a boss, for he himself knows all his faults. You will need a boss as
long as you cannot see your mistakes, or if there are certain
mistakes that remain with you. When will you become free from
a boss? When you will see all your mistakes. This is a logical
fact. You do not see all your mistakes and that is why I still remain
your boss. I am your boss as long as you are not able to see your
faults, but when you begin to see them on your own, why should