Akram Youth - January 2017

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Those who are straightforward
(compliant) and simple achieve
straight and simple liberation. For
any man who comprehends these
statements of such a Gnani Purush, his
liberation becomes easy. Gnani Purush
Dada Bhagwan says that obstinacy is an
obstruction in the path to liberation,
and if one can straighten out, then one
can become God. One has to become
straightforward (compliant or
compromising)to attain moksha /
happiness, either through our own
understanding or after taking a beating
from others.
If you admit to your obstinacies,
they will diminish, but if you deny them,
they will become stronger. You can only
win over obstinacies by acknowledging
and then 'seeing and knowing' them.
When a true statement that is
satisfying to the heart is not accepted,
that, absolutely is the nature of
obstinacy. Obstinate people behave
according to their own opinions.
Obstinacies end in those who behave
according to The Gnani's opinion.
Obstinacy arises in making others
bend according to your will. By bending
according to the will of others,
obstinacies come to an end.
The finest qualities of the prakruti
(the innate nature of one's relative Self)
are freely available to everyone on the
path to liberation. These qualities are
ultimate humility, extreme simplicity,
spontaneous forgiveness, and total lack
of obstinacy. These qualities can be
regarded as the measures of spiritual
progress.
So come on, in this issue, let us all
understand the different types of
Obstinacies (stubbornness) in all
circumstances and all the situations. Let
us learn how to leave our obstinate
behavior behind easily and be on the
straight path to liberation!
- Dimple Mehta