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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to have awareness. A person, who is awakened to the Self, holds the realm of the Self in his hands. Only the one who has absolute awareness can awaken you to the awareness.
Questioner: What is it when one awakens the kundalini (corporeal energy; yogic power)?
Dadashri: It is mechanical awareness. It has no connection with the awareness of the Self. You cannot say that a person has awareness of the Self, just because his kundalini has been awakened, can you? That is one kind of intoxication of the ego (maadakata). With that, a person is able to maintain concentration (ekagrata), and experience calmness within. One will need exact awareness of the Self (Gnan jagruti).
Questioner: Everyone who does meditation says that it is very beneficial. What is it?
Dadashri: Meditation is just intoxication of the ego (maadakata); a person feels a sense of peace with it. A person gets respite from his misery through meditation. Do you experience the awareness of Shuddhatma (pure Soul) since you attained the Gnan?
Questioner: Dada, that awareness is constantly present.
Dadashri: That itself is the meditation (dhyan). What other dhyan does a person need to do? Meditation (dhyan) through pinching one's nose is not considered meditation.
Questioner: When we do your niddidhyasan (inner visualization) while at home, is that considered direct (pratyaksh) or indirect (paroksh)?
Dadashri: That is direct (pratyaksh). As long as I am present, this photograph of mine is considered pratyaksh. If dhyan of “I am a pure Soul (Shuddhatma)” does not remain in a person's consciousness, but only Dada does, then it is the same thing because the Gnani Purush is your Atma itself.