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WHO AM I ?
What is a ‘top’? It is a toy that a spins on its tip, when the string
wound around it, is pulled. The top will spin around until all its
energy has dissipated. In this example, the winding of the string
is the bhaav purushaarth (cause), and the spinning is prarabdh
(effect, result). It is prakruti (primordial nature) that makes a
person do things, even though he says, “I am doing it.” He is
in essence, just like a puppet on a string. Prakruti makes him
do penance, ritualized chanting of mantras, meditation, etc., but
he believes that he is the one doing it.
Questioner : Tell us about ‘prakruti’, Dada.
Dadashri : The moment you claim to be the ‘doer’
(karta), prakruti comes into existence. As Atma, you are the
‘non-doer’ (akarta). You have the wrong belief of, “I am
Chandulal,” and of, “I am the doer.” The moment you say this,
you become bound. It is because of this wrong belief, that
prakruti comes into existence. As long as there is ignorance of
the Real ‘I’, one feels that he is the ‘doer’ and he is therefore,
bound by his prakruti. When the awareness of, “I am not the
‘doer,’” is acquired and one ceases to be the ‘doer’, the prakruti
no longer remains. From that moment onwards, one does not
bind any new karma. However, past karmas remain and these
have to be discharged.
KARTA (DOERSHIP) AND NAIMITTIC
(INSTRUMENTAL) DOERSHIP
Questioner : If one is not the ‘doer’, then who is? What
is the nature of the ‘doer’?
Dadashri : One’s ‘doership’ is only ‘instrumental’
(naimittic karta) in all process. One is not an independent ‘doer’
of anything.
This ‘instrumental ‘doership’ can be further defined as a
parliamentary process where the final decision is based on