6.1 In the Samvat year 1883, on Bhãdarvã vad 5 [21st September 1826], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting in His residence in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
6.2 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj looked compassionately at all the bhaktas and said, “If a bhakta of Bhagvãn engages in delivering kathãs, singing kirtans, listening to talks of Bhagvãn, and the rest of the nine types of bhakti with jealousy towards other bhaktas, then Bhagvãn is not very pleased by that bhakti. But, if a person discards his jealousy and then offers bhakti only for his own kalyãn, and not to display to other people, then Bhagvãn is pleased by that bhakti. Therefore, a person who wants to please Bhagvãn should not offer bhakti to please other people or out of jealousy for someone, but should do so only for his own kalyãn.
6.3 “While offering bhakti to Bhagvãn, if a person commits a mistake, he should not blame someone else for that fault. It is the very nature of all people that when they are at fault, they claim, ‘I made a mistake because someone else misled me; but I am not really at fault’. A person who says this is a fool. After all, others may say, ‘Go and jump into a well?’ Then, by such words, should a person really jump into a well? Of course not. Therefore, the fault lies only in the person who makes the mistake, but he blames others.
6.4 “Similarly, to blame the indriyas and antah-karans is the foolishness of the jeev. In reality, the jeev and the mind are close mutual friends. Their friendship is like the friendship between milk and water. When milk and water are mixed and heated on a fire, water settles below the milk and it burns, but it does not allow the milk to burn. To save the water, the milk overflows and extinguishes the fire. Such is their friendship. The jeev and the mind have a similarly close friendship. So, the mind never has thoughts of things that the jeev does not like. Only when the jeev likes something does the mind attempt to persuade the jeev. How does it attempt to persuade it? Well, when the jeev is performing dhyãn upon Bhagvãn, the mind suggests, ‘You should also perform dhyãn on some female bhakta Bhagvãn’. The mind then makes the jeev think of all of her features. Then, it forms indecent thoughts about her just as it forms indecent thoughts about other women.
6.5 “But, if the bhakta’s jeev is extremely pure, he will not accept the arguments of the mind, and instead, he will feel intense sorrow. Therefore, the mind will never entertain such thoughts again. Conversely, if his jeev is polluted and sinful, it will accept the arguments of the mind. Then, by making the bhakta repeatedly think of indecent thoughts, the mind will make him fall from the path of kalyãn. For this reason, a true mumukshu develops intense hatred for the talks of adharma, which are against the path of kalyãn, regardless of whether they are suggested by his own mind or by some other person. Then, his own mind or the other person will not reappear in an attempt to persuade him.
6.6 “Furthermore, because the mind is a friend of the jeev, it will never entertain thoughts which the jeev does not like. So, when indecent thoughts are formed in the mind, if the jeev becomes extremely furious with it, such thoughts will never arise in the mind again. Therefore, when indecent thoughts repeatedly arise in the mind, the bhakta should understand it to be the fault of his own jeev, not the fault of his mind alone.
6.7 “If a person offers bhakti to Bhagvãn with this understanding, the evil influence of some vimukh or his own mind will not be able to affect him even slightly. Then, he will be able to worship Bhagvãn without any obstacles.”
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