All Quotes By Tag: Awareness

“While experiencing effect (prarabdha – effect of past lives causes) the seed of illusory self effort (bhrant purushartha) is sown because one has the awareness [belief] of ‘I am the doer’. Otherwise, one simply experiences the effect and after then attains liberation!”

“Merit Karma (punya) is a ‘file’ [that which needs to be dealt with, with equanimity], and demerit karma (paap) is also a ‘file’. Merit Karma make one lazy in spiritual progress and demerit karma keeps one in awareness.”

“Gnan (knowledge) of every living being of the entire world exists in a Soul. However, only the Gnan that is able to see the ego and everything as gneya (object to be known) is considered as ‘Gnan’. Yet, that is still ansh-gnan (partial knowledge), and is considered as upayog (applied awareness as the Self) from that moment on. Where there is Gnan, there is upayog, either partially or completely.”

“Complete shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is keval gnan (absolute Knowledge)”

“I am Chandubhai’ (name used by Dadashri to refer to the relative self) is good or bad upayog (applied awareness). ‘I am Pure Soul’ is shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self). Instillation of life in the world occurs with good or bad upayog.”

“Shuddha Upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self) is the same as Parmatma Swaroop (embodiment of the absolute Self).”

“As much upayog (applied awareness) as one can keep, that much authority has been created. If one can keep upayog for five hours, then the authority for five hours has been created. If complete swa-satta (authority of the Self) occurs, then he has become God.”

“Who is doing this? Who am I? What is all this? Who is the doer? Who is the nimit (instrumental doer) of this? If all these remain present ‘at a time’ exactly the way it is, then that is considered shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self).”

“When is one considered to be in the awareness of ‘one’s own Self’? It is when all the desires become mild.”

“Shukladhyan (internal state that renders the constant awareness of ‘I am pure Soul’) means Dhyan (internal state of being) of the eternal form of the Self, the Soul. Dhyan is a natural thing. And in shuddha upayog (pure applied awareness as the Self), one must do spiritual effort with awakened awareness as the Self.”

“To have a story of liberation can only those who are aware of their captivity.”

“To be a spiritual teacher is the call of compassion.”

“The spiritual teacher speaks to the ignorant person in one language and he speaks to the conscious person in another language to help them to take steps to truth.”

“Shraddha, loving trust, is the climate between a spiritual teacher and a student.”

“Awareness and compassion are the flower and the fragrance of the spiritual teacher. Compassion means living to give.”