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Aptavani-4
make such a fuss. They would have forgotten even if you had asked them to wake you. Is there a need for you to make a fuss, when your waking up late is prarabdha itself? Now what is the purusharth that you need to do? Your decision that you must get up early is the purusharth. And if in case, your tea comes without any sugar, decide to yourself that it is because of your prarabdha that you got sugarless tea. No one should be blamed. So request for some sugar or else decide to yourself that you do not want to ask for it at all. Do one of the two.
The bhaav (inner intent) that you do is the purusharth; however, it is considered a relative purusharth. What can one call 'real' purusharth? It is the paarinamic bhaav (intent as or of the Self) that arises, that is called 'real' purusharth. All day long, these people go around doing their samayik, pratikraman, japa, tapa, dhyan, and rituals, etc., and yet it is all done in their sleep (in the state of ignorance of the Self). You cannot call that purusharth. Should the one doing purusharth be awake or asleep?
Questioner: Awake.
Dadashri: The world considers prarabdha as purusharth. There are probably just a few people who are awake. They are the ones who know and understand that, 'It must be this way.' The remainder, however, have no clue about the difference between prarabdha and purusharth.
Questioner: Is this all not a mistake?
Dadashri: Actually, it is not a mistake. And why not? That is what I am going to explain to you. The differentiation between prarabdha and purusharth that people have formerly made, is correct up to the point, where there is unity of mind, speech and body. And that is that they would speak what was on their minds and they would act that way too. But in this era of the current time cycle, that unity of the mind, body and
| SR No. | 030034 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 04 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Total Pages | 480 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |