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excerpts in all the scriptures, but even then he will not know about the Atma. And even if he did know something, it would only be in terms of words. So what would that be like? He will be able to describe what it is like, 'The Atma is like this, like this...' You sorry chap! Just say, “I am like this, I am like this”! Then he'd say, "No, how can I say that?” That is why, only he who becomes ‘That' (the Self) can say, “I am full of infinite knowledge, I am full of infinite vision, I am full of infinite energy." Do you say that or not?
Questioner: Yes, I do.
Dadashri: That is because you have become 'That’ (the Self).
Questioner: But, Dada, only He who knows the Self can help others know the Self; no one else can, can he?
Dadashri: That is why it has been said, “Know the Atmagnani as the Parmatma (the absolute Self) in a human physical form.” Previous Gnanis have all said that the Gnani Purush has, in the human form, become Parmatma, so we should get our work done. The absolute Self has manifested inside the Gnani Purush, and that Self is worth knowing. If you want to know the Atma, then go to the Gnani Purush. Any other ‘Atma’ of scriptures and books, will not do. If there is a picture of a candle in a book, you can see what a candle looks like, but there will not be any light coming out from it. You will not get anything out of it. To know the Atma you have to meet with the Gnani Purush personally, and only then you can accomplish your goal.
Jai Sat Chit Anand