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[14] Release from Bondage of Inner Enemies
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or not; have they decreased or not?
Questioner: They are decreasing.
Dadashri: Yes. So all that filled karmic stock is beginning
to go away; it will move away after twelve months. Once the
stock decreases, You become the Atma (the Self).
Questioner: These anger, pride, deceit and greed are
karmic discharge and so they are bound to arise, but then after
‘seeing’ them, how can I remain separate?
Dadashri: What does one have to do if the awareness
(jagruti) decreases, when it becomes dim? You have to
repeatedly try to remain in My Agnas only. But when you slip
into the non-Self and do not stay in the Agnas, then it is the
same old thing!
How much effort do you make in order to stay in the
Agnas?
Questioner: A lot.
Dadashri: Are You, too, able to ‘see’ anger and pride?
Questioner: I see them after they have occurred.
Dadashri: There is no problem with that. You will ‘see’
them after they have occurred. They can be ‘seen’ while they
are occurring as well as after they have happened.
Questioner: And sometimes it happens that they are
‘seen’ as the mistake is occurring, and yet this (non-Self) continues
doing it.
Dadashri: No, You cannot stop them (kashays). It is
wrong to stop them, because You have to ‘see’ the current film
till it ends. The ‘Seer’ (Self) has no objection to whether one is
fighting, or being non-violent, or being violent. The problem is if
he interferes, starts crying, fights and says, ‘Stop fighting! Stop