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Aptavani-2
Aptavani-2
When 'T' and 'mine' depart, then there is no new pratishtha for the pratishthit atma; new causes are not created. A new pratishthit atma is not created and the only thing that remains is the effect of past causes. What remains when all the remaining effects are suffered as simply effects? Only the absolute Self!
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change in this because it is an effect and no one can obstruct or prevent an effect
The pratishthit atma is completely different from the Shuddhatma (pure Soul). The relationship between the two is that of gneya-gnata (gneya - object or thing to be known. Gnata - the knower). In this relationship, if the pure Soul remains in its state as the knower and the pratishthit soul (the relative soul) remains in its place as the absolute discharge entity: gneya- the entity to be simply known, then new karmas will not be charged. This is when the adhikaran kriya stops completely and there is no creation of a new pratishthit atma for the coming life. Then all that remains is the discharge of the pratishthit atma created due to past mistakes. Nothing will be charged anew and therefore nothing will have to be discharged.
The Gnani Purush alone can put a stop to this. The Gnani Purush can dissolve the bhranti ras i.e. the 'sweet relish that perpetuates the illusion and separate the pure Soul from the pratishthit atma. He establishes a line of demarcation between the two. Thereafter, the two always remain separate; their relationship remains as one of gneya-gnata (that which is to be known-knower). The one that knows the pratishthit atma as a gneya is the pure Soul. The pure Soul is swa-parprakashak, meaning it illuminates the Self as well as the non-self, whereas the pratishthit soul is par prakashak, meaning it illuminates only the non-self. Pratishthit atma knows only that which is known through the senses indriyagamya), whereas the pure Soul is the knower of that which is beyond the senses (atiindriya). All visible actions are that of the pratishthit atma; no part of that belongs to the Shuddhatma (pure Soul). Knowing (Gnan kriya) and seeing (darshan kriya) are the only actions of the pure Soul and eternal bliss is its core attribute (swabhav).
'I am this' and 'this is mine' is the false projection (pratishtha) that continues and this binds the pratishthit atma.
