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of 'station' this is. There are so many kinds of such stations' but you will not find the Soul via these stations. Those are not paths for acquiring the Soul for liberation. These practices are not the main goal, but stations that come on the way to the main goal. They are canteens; stops along the way to the path of liberation! If you become the Soul (through Self-realization), then you become established in the Self (brahmanishtha), and then your work is completed. Otherwise the Maharaj (the guru) himself does not dwell in the Self, he is attached to the world, so how is he going to be beneficial to you?
Brahma (the Self), is in everyone for sure, but they are all attached to the world. Right now people have their attachment to the world; they want to enjoy all the worldly pleasures. But the Gnani Purush takes that attachment and places you in the Self, thus fracturing the attachment to the world. It is only after this that you arrive at the final destination and can walk around in bliss. You do not achieve anything by wasting your time at the middle stations. Not a single negative attribute of yours will go away. How can any negative attribute go away when you have the feeling, 'I am Chandulal and this is my station?' Vedanta too proclaims, "Nothing can be achieved without the knowledge of the Soul
What does this anahat naad (the silent sound) suggest? It is paudgalik; it is physical and of the non-Self. What does it do for the Soul? Nothing. It cannot be the Soul. If it was truly the sound of the Soul, or even if it were related to the Soul (anushangik), then no one or nothing in this world will bother you. But it will bother you if it is of the non-self. Therefore, should you not understand what this is all about?
Still, 'we' will not interfere with those who like to plunge into this. For them it is correct. They are fine where they are at. And they are fine in their beliefs until they attain the knowledge of the Self.
Dhyan - Meditation Yama, niyam, asana, pranayam, pratyahaar, dharna, dhyan and samadhi are eight parts of the Yoga. When you attain knowledge of the Self through Akram Vignan, you have already surpassed all these eight stages. Beyond these eight steps, you have even attained the awareness of the Soul (your own Self). Here you have to keep both the body and the soul sahaj (natural and spontaneous). For you the experience (anubhav), the awareness (laksha) and the conviction (pratiti) of the Soul has already been established. Here in the Akram Path, you will never fall below this stage of conviction (pratiti).
People sit to meditate, but do they have a goal in mind? They haven't even visualized the goal, so what can they meditate on, a buffalo? To meditate without a goal is called updhyan. God has not instructed anyone to meditate on the Soul in the form of words. What is the definition of ultimate meditation? It is when you have the awareness of all the characteristics (guna) of the soul at a time. The attributes of the Soul is called dhyeya (aim or goal) and when you yourself become dhyata (the one who has the attributes), only then can your meditation be called dhyan. All this cannot remain in your awareness at the same time. These people cannot attain samadhi (a state free of all effects from the non-self) when they are in adhi (mental agony) by day, vyadhi (physical suffering) by night and during a wedding, in upadhi (problems brought on by others)?
Questioner : They tell us to focus our attention on our breathing, exhalation and inhalation. What is the benefit?
Dadashri : What do they tell you to do? They tell you to
