Awar Kaj tere kite na kam ... This line, I cannot tell... from the time I have heard, from the day I heard its meaning, it has gone down in me embedded in me ingrained in me could not find anything else to do so I will not do anything else. it's about clarity if you have the intellect then on the beach by the sea side there was a tiny sea shell in the sand the sun was shining bright it was shining due to the reflection seeming to be silver one was overcome by greed O someone has lost silver ran out to pick that silver but when picked it, there was no silver what was there? A sea shell so he laughed on his own foolishness and threw the sea shell back as he threw, someone far off saw and thought, he dropped his silver he came running and picked it when he held it in his hand, what was it? it was not silver so in anger he threw it far off threw it in water someone else saw a third person saw and exclaimed Ah! people donate gold and silver in t thought Ah! someone has put silver I should go get it, so he dived and swam with great difficulty took it out when he took it out, what was it? what is not silver which is a seashell but due to illusion looks like silver, if one understands this they why will one he be mad after the shell so all those going mad running after the world they are the ones who think that the sea shell is silver this is, what is called bhulekha in Punjabi in Hindi it is called bhram and in vedanta it is called veil of agyana (ignorance) most people are what? they are worldly, ignorant, that is why they remain trapped in sat (truth) and asat (untruth ) then battle between truth and untruth Okay, it's fine, God is the truth but the world is so lovely an old woman was telling me that yes we know the world is NOT true yet it is difficult to leave it she was Punjabi so 'chhaddan' nahi honda meaning not easy to give up so I said then hold it and keep sitting when the time to leave will come, no one will ask you lady, do you wish or not to leave the world the thread of life just gets cut and people will be left behind asking, what happened what happened heart fail or something else happened Dengue, or Covid happened, sugar became very high accident, now listen to it all but can be done for her? she was lying in the bed, just died, that's it! one of my disciples, Sheetal (name) Sheetal went to his brother's place around the time of Diwali so they said have tea, he said yes so the cup of tea was given to him, he may have taken one sip, may be he kept the cup and that's it! his neck rolled down now the brother is wondering what to him, he was a doctor himself Dr. Sheetal his neck just drooped the brother came running to see what happened to him he quickly put him in the car picked him up, took him to a doctor the doctor said what should I do? he is already dead healthy, he had no illness no problems no issues, nothing at all cardiac arrest, finished now in COVID times during lockdown this happened so when the news came that it happened so now what to do? nothing can be done so his wife said two three days ago he was saying when will all this end this Corona and I when will I go to the Ashram it's been a long time and I want to meet Guruji and it had never happened that such a long time passes by and we are not able to meet when will it open, Ashram is closed When will Ashram open for all of us? before that he only left he was cremated this is what will happen to the body so his remains were floated in the river Ganges now what is left behind just a photograph now assume if I happen to go Amritsar, so he won't be there that fondness, that love, which had been there for years for me always standing, ready in service that if there is anything, tell him just call him and tell him the end of the story, chapter over! He himself being a doctor did't know when he would die you are not even a doctor okay will a scientist get to know when he will die a biotechnologist will he know if some is a physicist will he know that when he will die about death no one thinks, neither does anybody prepare for it now this that changes that is what we call an illusion that which cannot be trusted that is what an illusion is now this illusion you know as the truth and and keep running after it then it is like assuming sea shell to be silver and running after it and the day you catch it you will get to know but you know sometimes if one is blindfolded, then, okay if some one is blind, then, some one who is blind will not know that it is a sea shell or silver and those with a clouded mind will they get to know the world is an illusion it is an illusion, it will be perceived it is an illusion but interactions will be there body is an illusion, its growth and deterioration will continue you see other bodies and interact with them and body & interaction, both are illusion it is like a dream you see them, you see them, when you don't ... you don't it is said that every night when you go to bed sleep such that it is your last night and when you wake up in the morning the live that day such that this may be the last day of my life who knows from morning to afternoon will we get a chance to see or not will I get a chance to see the evening or not, evening to night will I get to see from night to morning will I get to see or not no guarantee no warranty, no card no assurance not even a word given by anybody Asthir Jo Manyo Deh So to tero hoye hai khe Bani says the body is inconsistent the body that you love and will always remain you think that is 'khe' meaning will turn to dust made of earth will return to earth now if you assume this body to be true and wish you don't die , keep thinking i should not die I should not die and assuming it to be true you get you keep running after it lured by it's shine so we call such person, agyani (an ignorant one) we call him worldly not a thinking person It is not that what I am saying , you listen and nod your head in agreement the thought is that you should begin to realize it, feel it this body of yours is perishable you should be able to see this body is not you you should begin to experience it you are the experiencer just observe yourself and see the body, even when it will not be, you will still be remain mind is not there in deep sleep this mind will not be there one day yes, if ignorance remains and desires and the samskaras (deep impressions) and these seeds keep lying, then be sure you will keep taking birth will keep on happening it will not end It is forever This world is and will be from gross to subtle, subtle to gross will continue but a Gyani (wise one) sees his form and besides himself whatever else is seen, knows it to be an illusion he knows shloka: Tatr Ka Moha ka shokah, ekatva anupashyati the one who see that one as separate then he does not have any attachment or sorrow this is a shloka from the Upanishada Shloka: Tatr Ka Moha what attachment Ka shokah what sorrow okay now if you feel sorrow, then it means you still do not know that ONE you have not seen, if you feel attachment, be it with your own body or any one elses this means you still have not experienced your true self see that ONE 'pashyati' it does not mean to see only with eyes here seeing means experiencing Know it to be temporary this body of yours it will return to dust Kaal Toh Pahuncheyo Aan (death has arrived) Kahan Jaye Bhaj re (where will you run to) it says when the time will come where will you run where what was formed with time will perish with time like a pot made of earth merges with it again oh I am this body all these relatives are mine all these things are mine mine mine mine mine, ah you will die one day repeating mine mine so tell me in ignorance one believes the world and runs after the world, then will keep running, but after understanding where will one run so in this where is the choice, the path of truth is difficult they say , the height is in this illusionary world believing it to be true engaging in it is more difficult and that you do very nicely believing a sea shell to be silver and you try to make others believe it too that it is silver the other one says it is a sea shell but you insist it is silver and go to the shopkeeper saying you want to sell 'this silver' in how much will you buy it, he says this is a sea shell. Are you crazy? this is silver it is silver, is someone making shell silver, so that is easy or accepting a sea shell to be a sea shell is easier, say which is easier so difficult work... the whole world is doing I tell you I will tell you I will tell you, when they fight then they say you don't know me, the one opposite says yes, sure, you don't know who you are, I know who you are so it is not about choice it's about realization have I realized this or have I not if I have realized this then what's there to be stuck with, what is there to be stuck with, nothing nothing is there to bind you, bound you and make you slave as of now slavery it is to your senses your mind and intellect you are a slave of your desires see, however many desires you have, at night in deep sleep one forgets all deep sleep takes away all your dreams, thoughts, desires etc are eaten by deep sleep but in the morning it is all back again there is a beautiful shabad in Bani (Kahan bhuleo re jhoote lobh laag) why have you forgotten after falling in falsehood & greed Kachh bigreyo nahin, ajhoon jaag (nothing is lost yet, wake up now) why have you forgotten trapped in false greed understand today not all is lost yet there is still time, understand all is not lost but the one who is not willing to understand, for him all is lost it is so messed up that, he does not even realize it at all is lost so truth and untruth if we believe in the duality then there will always be a choice between the two which one to chose and which one to leave in illusion there is no duality so what to hold onto and what to leave so remember till you have conflict in your mind there is greed, fear, anger, sorrow desire, ego attachment worry, anguish know that until then, your mind is filled with ignorance nothing else what are signs that one is realized or not the thing is the day in the mind all this does not remain and even on carrying on with all affairs one knows it to be illusionary and does not forget the true Self and is established in his own self playing it like a game continues to interact with the world now I have got the role of a Guru so then I play the role just playing my part, knowing the one sitting infront is my own self, the one infront is actually not there just like in a dream your mind is everything similarly in the waking state your mind and Maya has created everything in the waking state where is the question of choice a friend told his other friend they were both hungry, they sat together in a bus travelling together, they had nothing to eat both were very hungry, suddenly Ramesh said to Suresh will you eat almonds huh! do you have almonds? will, you have raisins? he asked, 'Do you have raisins too?' he said no... I have neither almonds nor raisins so he said, 'why are you asking then?' he said just like that you liked hearing it, right? you were ready to eat almonds you were ready to eat raisins you enjoyed, right? this is the fun, in the world there is nothing yet everyone is enjoying Punjabis have a favorite dialogue if something good happens, something which sensory gratification like good food or drinks, they say (Maza aa gya) I am overjoyed cool breeze was blowing ... it was so enjoyable! (Maza aa gya) ate parathas and that was joyful drank butter milk, ah! that was joyful they keep on feeling overjoyed nothing wrong though, what is the world? bliss for the ignorant one Do not have raisins or almonds but yet asked the other one said yes, give, almonds, he says but do you want almonds or raisins he says give almonds and the raisins too, he extends his hands says, give then he says, 'I do not have it.' just empty hands that is all everyone has empty even when alive and empty even when one dies but in the mind, in thoughts... so much is accumulated this is mine, that is mine, mine, mine, mine yesterday a little girl, she is 5 years of age she came to meet me, so I asked her I asked how are you, she said I am okay, how are you? very good! I said, if you are okay then I too am fine she said okay then okay then
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