Continued from part 2.
The presence of Tatasthata does not mean that there is no involvement in the world. If you look at your family there are several people, may be eight or ten in the family. All these people are considered to be one family. We accept that everyone in the family have different nature and it appears to be truthful. All these different natural characteristics or Gunas come with the characteristics of Tatasthata. These natural characteristics or Gunas are of different kinds in different people. In the Guna of Tatasthata one needs to be impartial without any interference or help. Tatasthata explains us through intellect that ' we got involved, we botched up something, we did something wrong, we got overboard on this one etc.' So the function of the Guna of Tatasthata is also to explain to us appropriately. We can make the work appropriate by performing the work according to the understanding of intellect. There will be the presence of Tatasthata in this work. We develop instant comprehension (સૂઝ) due to presence of Tatasthata. Other Gunas get hold of such Gunas like instant comprehension that developed from Tatasthata and start working. They do not just sit around. Guna of Tatasthata is like electricity. It is like having the electrical connection far off and brought to us through wire, providing light to us. There will be darkness here if there is no electricity there. Similarly, Guna of Tatasthata can never keep us in the dark. It always keeps providing light to us. It provides us with deep understanding, clarity and other Gunas but itself remains Tatastha and helps indirectly. Since it remains Tatastha (impartial) we get instant comprehension of many subjects. Just by being Tatastha, we get instant comprehension of many aspects of the work. What it means is that our mind, intellect, prana, chitta and ego are useful to us but how do they help us. It cannot help us in deciding whether we are on the right or wrong path. If you want to go on the wrong path, it will let you do that. If we have Tatasthata, we are aware that we have taken a wrong path, but Tatasthata does not turn us back from that wrong path. If it does then it is not the Guna of Tatasthata. So what does Tatasthata do? It enters other Gunas that are attached to it. That vruttie-thought spreads in intellect and sense of discretion and alerts us that we are on the wrong path. Then intellect, sense of discretion, prana, chitta and ego get together and attack that thought and prevent us from going in the wrong path.
Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Yog, Part 1
Edition 1; Pages 300 - 301.
Continued in next blog as part 4.
