Aptavani Shreni 04

SR No.: 030034
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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Dadashri: Absolute separation; it is a completely different state altogether! It is not possible to describe it!!
Questioner: Did you feel that something was going to happen prior to that moment?
Dadashri: I was experiencing a lot of peace. But it was the kind of peace associated with the ego; that is of no use. That kind of peace, even people who are not Self-realized, can experience.
Questioner: During that time on the station, had you ever felt such a bliss before?
Dadashri: With the attributes of Gnata (Knower), Drashta (Seer) and Parmanand (Supremely blissful), I had become separate. I was not in my body, I was not in my speech, nor was I in my mind. That was how detached I had become. That is indeed the attainment of Gnan (the Self-knowledge). Gnan is the Atma (the Soul; the Self) itself.
Questioner: Does the light of Gnan- after its manifestation- stay the same for you, or does it keep increasing?
Dadashri: 'Ours' is the “experienced Gnan' in which there cannot be two kinds of light. There is only one kind of constant light. We have complete, precise and clear experience (spashta anubhav) of the Self. Until you have the clear experience of the Self (spashta anubhav), the Gnan will continue to increase. Once you have that clear exact experience (spashta anubhav), the Gnan is complete.
Questioner: How can someone who studies spirituality, know that he has reached the absolute state?
Dadashri: Such a person's speech will be vitarag (detached and without abhorrence towards anything), his expression will be vitarag, and conduct will be vitarag. Everything about him is vitarag. He has no attachment for, nor