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[5] The Way of Akram Vignan
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authority (parsatta). These living beings are simply ‘knowers’.
Therefore, You should only know, and once you know that this
Knowership is only Yours, then the faith you had on the wrong
things will disappear. Your opinions will change. What kind of
changes? Your opinion, ‘It is good to tell lies,’ will change.
There is no higher purusharth than the one which gets rid of
such opinions. This is an intense message, which requires profound
thinking.
Questioner: Yes, but the entire talk is logical.
Dadashri: Yes. It is logical. It is worthy of deep thinking
and what do people say? ‘We know it all, but we cannot do it.’
So what can be done about ‘I can’t do it’? What did he say?
Questioner: ‘I am not able to do anything.’
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Dadashri: This statement of ‘I cannot do anything’ is a
grave liability. What liability? The answer is that even in the state
of illusion (absence of Self-realization), because there is a
presence of the self (the relative atma) within, one becomes
whatever one says. One becomes what he envisions (chintavan).
One becomes what one contemplates (manan). Therefore, one
will be born either as an animal or a stone; a form which is not
able to do anything. So people are not aware of the consequences
of saying such things. Have you ever heard people say, ‘I cannot
do anything’?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: You should never say, ‘I cannot do it.’ Besides,
it is not even that. In actuality there is nothing to be done. Even
the simple act of emptying your bowels is not in your hands, so
how is it possible for you to do anything else? No such man has
yet been born who has even the slightest energy to do anything.
You are to simply know (janavoo) and make a firm resolution
(nischay) to remain as the Knower, the Self. That is all You
have to do. Once you understand my words, Your work will be