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Aptavani - 4
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Awakened Awareness May One Be Aware of His Unchanging Nature
The pratishthit atma arises when the 'I am' is instilled in the non-Self; where there is no Self. The self here, is completely void of the chetan (life energy). It is mechanical chetan (life energy). It is not the real Self. It is just ‘machinery' that will die without fuel. The entire machinery will stop even if you do not allow it to breathe. The mechanical chetan (non-Self complex) is by nature, unsteady and ever-changing. The real chetan, the Self that is within, is constant and stable. It has never become unstable: it is as it is. It is itself God; the Lord of the three worlds (lokas). But only if one realizes this! If one were to realize one's own Self, one could even be able to experience the same bliss that the Lord of the three worlds enjoys. However, people are in a state of unawareness (ajagruti). It is all a state of unawareness.
Wake Up from Bhaavnindra The entire world is in bhaavnindra. Bhaavnindra means to be asleep and unaware of the Self. The other type of sleep is the physical sleep (dehanindra), where one sleeps and one also does not have the awareness of the Self. In the latter, one is asleep, both to the Self and the non-Self. During physical sleep, a person is not aware of his body. He becomes aware of his body when he wakes up; however he is still unaware of the Self (bhaavnindra). He continually harms himself while in this
