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**Steadfast Vision:** 'Why should one taste the effects of others?' Doubtless, right vision.
(477) Always take refuge in the path of the Nigantha, as the revered Guru has said. I am not the body or any form, and the body, woman, son, etc., are not great. I am the soul, pure consciousness, imperishable. By having this self-awareness, attachment and aversion are destroyed.”
–Shrimad Rajchandraji.
Therefore, this garland is a pure self-awareness, worthy of acceptance. All other feelings are transient, worthy of abandonment. Therefore, I will only worship my self-awareness and abandon all other worldly attachments. This is the right path. Our self-awareness, which is the foundation of consciousness, is the true family, better than all other relationships. “That true family is the best.” Therefore, O conscious one! Be calm and free from all worldly attachments! Be free! O treasure of joy! This is the ultimate remedy for attaining ultimate peace. Take refuge in it! Take refuge in it!
“Our self-awareness, which is pure consciousness, is better than all other relationships. That true family is the best…peace-giving.” –Shri Anandghanji.
Thus, a wise person with right vision, decides to take refuge in his own nature and abandon worldly attachments. The example of the garment brought from the washerman's house, which has been changed, is appropriate here. Just as a man, due to delusion, takes a garment from the washerman's house and, believing it to be his own, lies down wearing it. Since he is ignorant, he is approached by another who, seeing him, grabs him and forcibly tries to strip him naked, saying, “Hey! Get up quickly! Give me this garment that has been changed!” Hearing this repeatedly, he examines it carefully with all his senses and realizes that it is indeed someone else's. Then, becoming wise, he immediately discards the garment. Similarly, the knower, due to delusion, accepts worldly attachments as his own and, believing them to be his own, lies down in them, engrossed in worldly pursuits. Since he is ignorant, the Guru, seeing him, tries to awaken him and instructs him, saying, “Awaken! Realize that the soul is one.” Hearing this repeatedly, he examines it carefully with all his senses and realizes that it is indeed worldly attachments. Then, becoming wise, he immediately abandons all worldly attachments. Because,
x “When a man knows that he is attached to worldly things, then he abandons all worldly attachments and becomes wise.” (For reference, see Shri Samyatsar and Shri Amritchandracharya's commentary).