Aptavani Shreni 08

SR No.: 030038
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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Aptavani-8
Atma that you are talking about, the real Atma?' Then he would say, 'Yes, that is right, this is also an Atma; nevertheless, I will still have to know Self-realization!' So what does that mean? That the Atma that the Vitarags have seen; that Atma has never entered the awareness (laksha) of these people. Alas! It has not even occurred to them in their thoughts. That Atma is still (achad) Atma, whereas these people call the mechanical atma, as the Atma.
The mechanical atma is not the real Atma; it is in the form of a discharge. It is called as discharge chetan. One is the charge chetan and the other is the discharge chetan. It is Atma, but it constantly charges and discharges. Do you more or less understand what I am telling you?
So the Atma is not what the world believes it is. Once a person knows the Atma, there is nothing more in the world that he needs to know. So only the One who has nothing more left to know in this world, ‘knows' the Self, the Atma.
That is why we have called it pratishthit atma (the belief of ‘I am Chandubhai', relative or charged self). People go on believing that this is the Atma, and it is this, that they try to make still and steady (sthir). Do they not try to make it still? However, its fundamental nature is to be restless and active (chanchal); its very nature (swabhav) is to be active; it is mechanical. When you attempt to make it still, it is a “waste of time and energy”. The entire world considers it as Atma, and believes that only if it is made still, will the work get done. But this pratishthit atma is ever moving (sachar); whereas the real Atma is immoveable (achad).
Questioner: This is mechanical and the ‘switch' has been turned on, is that not so?
Dadashri: Its mechanical (part) has already been done, so you do not need to bother too much about that. It has