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I am the Soul
appear. Five-seven-ten minutes passed, nothing happened. He was disturbed, but still waited patiently. But even after two hours when nothing happened, he felt hopeless and insulted and left that place.
Brothers! Think why he was unsuccessful? Just one reason - the seeds were the same but they had been baked. All his efforts were wasted. In the same way, if the thought of Atma is not sprouting in us, we should realise that we too have been baked by somebody. Who has baked us?
The energy lying in our Atma has been baked by the threepronged heat of Aadhi (illness of the mind), Vyadhi (bodily disease) and Upadhi (illness of the Self). We have failed to safeguard the seed! There is enough vitality within us to let selfrealisation appear on every section of the soul, but still it can not appear!
The greatest solace we have is that although the baked seed can never get back its ability to sprout, the ability lying dormant within us can even now be awakened with some effort, and can sprout and yield fruit.
So to awaken that ability within us, let us understand the importance of both the benevolence of the present Sadguru and the absent Lord Jineshwar, and develop faith, respect and devotion for them within us, so that the thought of Atma may sprout.
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