The propounded topic: To apply the momentum of the Atma and Paramatma. Main points: To believe oneself as the Atma, distinct from the body. To understand the glory of God from the perspective shown by Maharaj. To apply the momentum of both of the above within one's heart. Maharaj has first spoken in this Vachanamrut that to overcome Maya and to love God is the principle of all scriptures. In that, what is Maya? So, the sense of 'I-ness' towards the body and the sense of 'my-ness' towards things related to the body, that itself is Maya. It is the function of Maya. These are all functional characteristics. Functional characteristics. The mind is a transcendental entity. So how can the mind be perceived? By its function. Thoughts and desires are its function. And based on what kind of thoughts and desires occur, what kind of mind is it? Do tamoguni thoughts and desires occur? Do rajoguni occur? Do satvoguni occur? Or do gunatit occur? Whichever thoughts and desires it makes, such is its mind considered. That is, it is perceived through its function. In that, how do we know whether there is Maya in us or not? We can know how our mind is from our thoughts. How can we know whether there is Maya in us or not? Ego and attachment. How much ego and attachment does one have? How much worldly ego and attachment does one have? How much natural ego and attachment occurs? That much is to be understood as the function of Maya. And Maya is sitting there actively. It does its function. It functions by remaining within us. Just as the means to see the mind is its functions, the means to see the intellect is its decisions. Are those decisions rajoguni? Does it make tamasic decisions or satvic decisions? Or does it make gunatit decisions? From that, one gets an idea of its intellect. That is called introspection. Introspection does not just mean closing one's eyes. It means doing self-analysis. Doing self-analysis means analyzing one's own instruments. In that, he himself has assumed the ego, so it is called self-analysis. In that way, what is of Maya? What is the function of Maya? Ego and attachment. As much ego and attachment as it keeps, that much is called the function of Maya. That ego and attachment is not going to go away. The thoughts and desires of the mind are not going to go away, but they can be changed. Just as the thoughts and desires of the mind may be tamasic, rajasic, and satvic, they can be made gunatit. What is a gunatit thought? If one remembers the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → In that way, ego and attachment can also be changed. In the work of God, in the feeling of being a servant of God, ego can be applied. Attachment can be applied. 'I am a servant of God.' So if one makes such an ego, then that is called gunatit ego. In that, it is not called prakrut. But there is just a slight difference in that. 'I am a better servant of God than him,' then that became prakrut. Because his vision in that became of this world, that 'I am better than him.' 'He is a servant of God and I am also a servant, but I am better than him.' If one makes such a thought, then that ego has become prakrut ego. Maharaj has first spoken in this Vachanamrut that to overcome Maya and to love God is the principle of all scriptures. That itself is the principle of the entire Vachanamrut. What is the principle of the entire Vachanamrut? That overcome Maya and love God. The ego and attachment which is in Maya, overcome that and make ego and attachment in God. To overcome Maya and to love God is the principle of all scriptures. In that, what is Maya? So, the sense of 'I-ness' towards the body and the sense of 'my-ness' towards things related to the body, that itself is Maya. The great devotees of the past have asked for only this, that protect us from that Maya in the form of ego and attachment. If he himself does some work, then does he not have attachment in that? Then indeed, if he does good work, he did work related to God. 'I took a broom here and swept this.' And then if someone comes and makes stains, then? Then what to do? Eh? Sweep it again. Sweep it again, but they will keep making stains. That is, to take care. To take care of the work, not to keep attachment. To keep ego, to take care of it, but not to keep ego. It is not that only if one keeps ego, only if one keeps that attachment, only then will he take care. Even if there is no attachment, there is care. Caution is indeed there, if one does it cautiously, it happens. And leave attachment. That is a very subtle point, so it does not easily come to attention. Even if there is no attachment, how is care maintained? If one is working in a company, and that brother Paragbhai was saying that Reliance pays him two and a half lakh rupees salary. But they squeeze him, they make him work so much that it breaks him. So if he does not do the work properly, they will fire him. So care has to be taken. Is that because he has attachment? Suppose those who work in Microsoft and all, how much care? If they call him at twelve o'clock at night, he has to go there. And that result, without taking care, the result does not come out properly. They measure only by the result. It is not about how many hours you give. When there are such big salaries, then there is no time limit. He has to do it anytime. It is based on the project. He has to complete this project, that is, bring results. To bring the kind of result that the company wants. So that result comes only through care, does it come just by giving time? He has to take care. So if he takes full care in that, does it mean that he has attachment? His attachment is in his home. He does not have attachment there. That is, care can be taken even without attachment. To take care means that he wants to bring results. Whatever caution has to be taken to bring the desired result, that is taking care, what else? And taking caution does not mean that he has developed attachment. And often there is attachment, but then there is no caution at all. Even if there is attachment, does everyone have caution? Everyone has infatuation and attachment towards their own. But they are still completely careless. So that is called body-consciousness. That attachment is also body-consciousness, but carelessness is also body-consciousness. In that, what is Maya? So, the sense of 'I-ness' towards the body and the sense of 'my-ness' towards things related to the body, that itself is Maya. The great devotees of the past have asked for only this, that protect us from that Maya in the form of ego and attachment. So it means that attachment is to be kept in God. Keeping it in God means keeping it in the work of God, keeping it in the devotees of God, keeping it in the mission of God. To keep it there. And care is to be kept here. In these physical works, care is to be taken. Only then does he have true attachment in that also. Because that is its nourisher, right? All this is the nourisher of life, so it became the nourisher of attachment. If he is doing this job and does not take care in it, and they fire him the next day, then he will be left standing. Then he will have to find a business somewhere else, right? The great devotees of the past have asked for only this, that protect us from that Maya in the form of ego and attachment and may we have love for You. 'May that not become natural (prakrutik) for us.' If it becomes related to God, then they prayed like that, 'O God, may we not have this natural ego and attachment, and may it become related to God,' only this prayer is to be made. First of all, the function of natural ego and attachment, that is to be identified. It is the function of Maya, so identify Maya. Ego and attachment cannot exist in this without a center. So which is the center? 'I have attachment,' so there must be a center of attachment, right? If one is a householder, then he has attachment in his son. So the son became his center. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details