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divine and dexterous devices for transmission of one's awakening, communication with the Self and enlightened intuitive intellect for inspiration. One should take the utmost benefit of the Gnani for the attainment of Liberation and make one's existence on this earth meaningful and fruitful.
Compressibility is His trait whereby no matter how great the pressure may be, the Gnani would adjust, bear the burden blithely and resume the original state as soon as the pressure is gone. His flexibility is where He will not break down at any time, no matter how much force is exerted. And tensibility is His trait whereby He remains steadfast amidst tension, tormentor tribulations. These three traits would remove all hurdles and set backs in the worldly life and lead one to liberation without any obstruction.
The Gnani is both laghutam and gurutam. This means he can be the lowest among the lowliest (laghutam) and he can soar to the highest peak among those whose goal or ascent is the highest (gurutam). This is a simultaneous blending of the twin state: the macrocosmic and microcosmic. He is not only the infinite but also the infinitesimal. If addressed to as a donkey he would say, "I am that and still lowlier than that. I am the lowliest. My smallness will defy all your measures". And adored as a preceptor, he would say, 'Yes I am that. But if you are desirous of knowing even more, then I am at an even higher state than that. I am God in the human form." What one gains from the Gnani is in proportion to one's openness and receptivity. The Pure Self is neither laghu nor guru-immutable, unchangeable, free from waxing or waning.
Only the Gnani is trustworthy in this world. You can place your trust in the Gnani in all respect, not only in worldly matters but also in your path of liberation, until you reach the ultimate destination. So long as one has not realized or glimpsed the Pure Self, the Gnani is his very manifest Soul; the guiding star of his self. The Gnani is Liberation Incarnate. The Self within will manifest upon having seen the Gnani. The Gnani is the gem of parasmani - that which turns iron - a non-realized being into gold, Self-Realized, provided one has lifted his inner curtain of discord or dissent before Him. The Gnani has innumerable
One will have to come to the Gnani in order to realize the Soul. The cherished object cannot be attained from the one who is not familiar with that which one desires. To know the Soul, you will have to approach the Gnani, who is perennially in a state of meditation of the Soul - Nirvikalpa Samadhi - He is completely free from any sense of 'I-ness' and 'My-ness'. The Gnani alone can place the Real in your hand. The Gnani has the ability to do anything and yet he performs all tasks in the spirit of being a mere instrument in the process. The Gnani never becomes a 'doer' of anything.
All the scriptures proclaim unanimously. If you desire to realize the Pure Self, go to a Gnani.' The lighted can kindle light in others. The Gnani is the perfect Self-Realization in the human form. He is therefore, the Liberator and the Saviour.
The Gnani lives in the present - not the past or the future. There is a permanent prevalence of the present within Him. A broken glass is the past and worries and anxieties about 'What will happen now?' is the future. The Gnani 'lives in the minutest fraction of time, which is impossible to divide any further. Being Self-Realized, he has traversed and seen each and every atom of the cosmogony of the universe. Yet he remains the Knower - Perceiver of all that is to be known. Only the Gnani can reach to the level of the smallest indivisible fraction of time (samay) and sub-atomic matter, which can no longer be divided (parmanu).
There is no sorrow for that, which has past, No yearning for that which is to come,
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