Aptavani Shreni 04

SR No.: 030034
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

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attributes? Or is doing kashay (anger, pride, deceit or greed), one of its attributes?
Questioner: That is not the Atma's attribute. It does kashays only by mistake.
Dadashri: If the Atma (Soul) makes mistakes, how can you even call it Atma? The Atma (the Self) itself is Parmatma (the Absolute Self). How can it ever make a mistake? Wouldn't that make us superior to the Atma, if we pointed out its mistakes? The statement that "the soul makes a mistake" in itself means that the Soul makes mistakes and you are pure, without any mistake. The Soul itself is the absolute Soul; it is vitarag (absolutely free from all attachment and abhorrence). It is because you have not been awakened to your own swaroop (the Self) that you believe, 'I am Chandubhai.' I am Chandubhai - is an aropit bhaav (falsely projected belief); it is an imagining (kalpit); it is a 'relative' bhaav.
So in reality, who would You be? Then who are You really? This 'Chandubhai' is 'relative'. In the 'relative', there are all sorts of wrong beliefs (vikalp): 'I am his daughter, I am her masi (aunt; mother's sister), and I am her kaki (aunt; paternal uncle's wife) etc...' There are many such 'wrong beliefs'. Whereas in the 'real' there is no vikalp. If You come to 'realize the real', then You will know that you have become aware of Your own swaroop (the Self) and You are ready for liberation (moksha). You have never attained the awareness of the 'real' (Self). To attain the awareness of the Self (Atma) is considered as having right belief (samkit) or right vision (samyak darshan). You have never attained right belief (samkit), because if you had, you would not still be sitting here! Without samkit, you would not have even a moment of inner peace and you would remain in illusion all the time. When you are getting married, you become infatuated (murchhit), but then afterward, the novelty wears off. This is mohanindra (sleep of illusory attachment).