The Flawless Vision
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my fault and hence this happened to me. You will have to
acknowledge that indeed the fault must be yours. Unless a person
can see his own mistakes, how will he make any progress?
When someone curses you, and you remain unaffected,
and you retain a constant understanding that it is the result of your
own mistake, and that the other person is absolutely faultless, and
simultaneous pratikramans are being done, then this is the highest
knowledge of the Lord. This indeed will lead you to final liberation.
If you follow this one sentence of mine your liberation is guaranteed.
The Intellect Is Pacified When It Is
Allowed To See Faults
Questioner: You mean the fault is entirely ours and no
one else’s?
Dadashri: Yes. You will not accomplish anything unless
you pacify your intellect. The intellect will be pacified if you see
faults in others but it will also be pacified if you see others as
faultless and see your own faults. There is no other way to pacify
the intellect.
Questioner: So that fault is somewhere. That means that
if the fault is not with the other person, then it must be here within
me?
Dadashri: Yes. That’s the only difference.
Questioner: Now I understand how others are without
any fault.
Dadashri: What does the intellect want? The intellect seeks
closure. It wants to be still. It will become pacified when you put
the blame on someone else, regardless of what consequences
doing this entails or it will also be pacified if you place the blame
on yourself. The latter way of pacification and stillness of the