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the present time, will all disappear. All the experiences such as, “This is my son, and this is my uncle', will disappear. Even all the experiences like, 'I did this and I did that’, will disappear. All the experiences you are having right now; will all disappear!
You yourself will have the experience of the Absolute Soul (Parmatma) that, 'I am Parmatma.' Then there is no more worry or unhappiness (dukh). There will be nothing of what you are experiencing right now, over there. There is no worry. There is no affliction from external causes (upadhi), no physical suffering (vyadhi), no mental suffering (aadhi); nothing whatsoever. Could you understand this? Many things will not be there. Despite all that is there right now, you will not have pain or suffering from outside (upadhi), there.
How Powerful the Knower Is! Dadashri: Right now you are really experiencing, 'I am this body' (dehadhyas)!
Questioner: Right now, the Atma is one with the body.
Dadashri: Yes, that itself is called dehadhyas. And when the dehadhyas is finished, there is freedom.
Questioner: You asked him if he was still experiencing the belief of 'I am this body' (dehadhyas), and he said that the body (deha) had become one with the Atma. How could he know that his body and Atma had become one (ekatmata)?
Dadashri: It is because the real (muda) Atma is separate, and that is why he is able to know. The fundamental Atma is separate from that. Your believed Atma is a mechanical atma. Many have called it the atma that is interactive in the world (vyavahar atma). And now we have called it the relative self (pratishthit atma). But you believe that Atma as, 'This is l’? This that eats, this that drinks, this that sleeps, all that is what you believe as, 'I went to sleep.' And it is that which has come to be called Atma; however, it is the atma that interacts in the
| SR No. | 030038 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 08 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 436 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |