Keep one goal only and that is __o know thy Self [Soul]_. Do not be insistent about __ want to do this and do that_. Whatever happens, at whatever time, is correct.
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What is the nature of the Self (Soul)? To __ee_ the dharma (function) of everything, to see __ho is performing what function, and how that function is being performed._ To __ee_ it, is called the function of the Self (Soul).
When one sees one__ own faults, he attains a state of an abode of Self-illuminated Bliss!
Who am I?_- Not knowing this is the greatest death to the Soul (one__ own self)!
A true swarthi (interested in the Self) will become the absolute Self! This is considered paraartha (for the non-Self). A swarthi will attain the __elf_.
One achieves the Self-state (swa-artha) while searching for the highest truth (param-artha). The search for the highest truth is solely for the purpose of attaining the Self, and once the Self is attained there is no need to search for the highest truth.
One who does wrong is considered illusioned (mithyatvi - ignorance of the Self). One who does right is considered enlightened (samkit).
One is said to be enlightened with the Right Knowledge when his conduct is appropriate in any situation.
When a man__ trust is violated, he will leave even his friend. Hey, you shouldn__ leave him! There is the energy of the absolute Self within and if the knowledge of the Self is attained, one may even attain the state of the absolute-Self!
Dharma (function or properties) of the mind, dharma of the intellect, dharma of the chit, dharma of the ego _ when all these dharma and the dharma of the Self (Soul) come into their own dharma (functions); that is known as Gnan (Knowledge of Self). And if we (self) insist upon any one__ dharma; it becomes ignorance (agnan).
When is one considered a vitarag (free of attachment)? It is when he has no fear of anything in this world.
Religion is that which congregate all the resources for spirituality (to attain the Self).
In scriptures, there is knowledge about the different methods; the knowledge about the goal [to attain Pure Soul] is not there. __nani_ has the knowledge about the goal [to attain Pure Soul]. Knowledge about the goal, which is the Soul, is obtained as a result of the __nani___ grace.
Without __nan_ (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away.
The scriptures are the instruments and how to use these instruments is a science itself. One goes wandering around for infinite lives because he doesn__ have the knowledge of this science!
Attachment-abhorrence is the foundation for the worldly life and the foundation for __nowledge_ is a state free of all attachments (vitragta).
In the time before Gnan (time before 1958 when Dada Bhagwan got manifested) there was obstinacy within me. ___ discovered that obstinacy does not let the light of Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) to come through. Then I saw all that obstinacy, and it was destroyed. Thereafter the Gnan (Eternal Knowledge) manifested. One has to observe one__ own self that where lies the obstinacies. The Self is an observatory itself.
This worldly knowledge is not called (Real) Knowledge. It is worldly knowledge. The scriptural knowledge is known as the instrumental knowledge. The knowledge about the goal [to attain Pure Soul] is Real __nowledge_. Scriptures themselves are the instruments and the knowledge within the scriptures is also an instrument; whereas, the __nowledge_ of the Self is the goal [to attain Pure Soul]!