The Eternal Element That Supports...

it, which draws it away from here. Otherwise, neither the Self nor inanimate matter have such an energy at all, nor do they have such a property that they can move away from here of their own accord. Therefore, the one that does that is the eternal element that supports motion. As the eternal element that supports motion is present, they keep on moving, so then how can they come to a stop once again? The answer is, there is another eternal element, sthitisahayak (inertia), which helps to stop them. So wherever one finds it convenient to sit, it will help one to get seated there. So, the fact that you are sitting is on account of the sthitisahayak tattva (the eternal element that supports inertia).

Questioner: Does the eternal element of the Self do the bhaav of moving? Whose bhaav is it?

Dadashri: It is the Self alone that has the energy to do bhaav. Meaning that, It can either prevail in the inherent nature as the Self (Swabhaav) or it can also assume identification with that which is not the Self (visheshbhaav). Yes, so through visheshbhaav, it has the desire to move away from here, such a bhaav arises. So, there is just its desire, and secondly, there is an eternal element that helps it by taking it there. That has been referred to as dharmastikaya, gatisahayak tattva (the eternal element that supports motion). This one wants to move, and that one helps it to move. Just as there is a fish floating in a flowing stream of water, it is not swimming of its own accord, however even if it is just floating in the water, it will still move forward. Would the fish move forward or not? The water would take it ahead. The eternal element that supports motion is similar to this.

If the eternal element that supports motion were to be the only one, then no one would sit at all. There would be constant scurrying about hither and thither. Even these houses would keep on moving, and people would also keep on moving. There would be no end to it. So, the worldly activities would not be accomplished. Therefore, there is the eternal element that supports inertia which keeps the houses still. All of you who are seated, it keeps you still. Then when you want to go, it lets you go.

How can the eternal element of inanimate matter move? It can move only if that eternal element [that supports motion] is present. Just as if we were to throw a log in a river, then who moves it along? How does the log do that? If we throw a log in the river at Chanod (a village in the Vadodara district in Gujarat) and pull it out at Bharuch (a city at the mouth of the Narmada river in Gujarat), then who made it move there?

Questioner: From the relative viewpoint, if it is the eternal element of inanimate matter, then the solution can only come about through inanimate matter.

Dadashri: No, it is not like that. It is the water that pulls it along, we can see that overtly. Similarly, all of these people get pulled along. Who takes them back and forth? It is the eternal element referred to as gatisahayak, it is able to make others move.

Questioner: Dharmastikaya, adharmastikaya, what is all that? I did not understand that.

Dadashri: Those are all technical terms. Dharmastikaya is the same as gatisahayak and adharmastikaya is the same as sthitisahayak. Since they are technical terms, that is why you do not understand them. That which has been written in our simple language is correct; that which has been written in our pure Gujarati language. Moreover, it is in our rural, colloquial language. Through that, we can understand everything well. That [word] ‘adharmastikaya’ has nothing to do with dharmadharma (relative religion), it simply contains the word ‘dharma’.