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the empire on his eldest son Bharat. Emperor Bharat became tired of fighting battles and his life in the palace with his thirteen hundred queens. So he approached Lord Rushabhdev and asked for diksha and moksha. The Lord said to him, "Who will take care of the empire if you too leave the empire? Therefore, you will have to take care of it, but I will grant you 'Akram Gnan', whereby you will not lose your moksha even if you fight battles or rule the empire with your thirteen hundred queens." The Lord bestowed upon him an astonishing Gnan (knowledge). That verily is the Akram Gnan. And this Gnan, the Gnan of Lord Rushabhdev is the Gnan 'We' bestow upon you in just one hour. 'We grant you this very Gnan and place it in the palm of your hands! After Gnan you can continue to live your worldly life, get your children married and do everything. You do not have to attain anything new nor renounce anything. Whatever needs renouncing, 'We do it for you. 'We make you renounce your attachment and ego and help you attain the state of the Self. Nothing remains to acquire or renounce after that. The ego 'I am Chandulal' is removed and is replaced by the state, I am a pure Soul', and all that needs to be acquired and renounced is accomplished in this
Emperor Bharat had employed servants twenty-four hours a day. They would ring a bell every fifteen minutes calling out. "Bharat beware, beware, beware!" Upon hearing this, if the emperor were lost in the relative world, he would immediately come back into awareness of the Self. But today how can you afford to hire servants when you yourself are working for minor wages? This is why 'We'establish within you, a 'servant' that will stay with you twenty-four hours. This servant will alert you every moment of the day. 'We' establish the force of pragnya (direct light of the Self) within you and it will constantly keep knowledge (Gnan) separate from ignorance (agnan).
One does not have the understanding of 'Who am I?' He knows he exists (astitva) but he does not have the awareness
of who he is (vastutva). If he were to attain the awareness of who he really is even for second, he can reach completionliberation (purnarva). The Self is natural, the path to acquire the knowledge (of Who am I?) is straightforward and easy, but a Gnani Purush is needed to give the knowledge of the Self and only then can the Self be attained. The Gnani himself is liberated and has the power to liberate others. He is called the savior, and the fact that Akram Vignan has arisen in this current time cycle is a tremendous natural occurrence. This 'lift' path has come about naturally. In this path you can proceed towards liberation even as you enjoy your worldly life, while eating bhajiya (fritters) and jalebi (sweets). Without renouncing anything or practicing any austerities, you can experience the bliss of liberation. In the Kramic path, one has to do penance, renounce worldly pleasures and progress one step at a time; he has to purify his ego in the process. The ego has to be purified to such an extent that he remains unaffected even when he is shown a lot of respect and importance. In the Kramic path the Self can only be attained when the ego is purified to this level. The ego has to become so pure that ultimately the pure ego and the pure Soul come together
Ego and pride are separate things. The belief of 'I am in the right place (the Self) is not considered ego. To believe what one is not (I am Chandulal) is ego. The ego becomes absolutely pure when there is no trace of anger, pride, illusion or greed left. In the Kramic path a person progresses through acts of penance; he progresses by attaining the next higher level and renouncing the lower one; both these actions co-exist in the Kramic path but no matter what one renounces, the ego always remains. Not only that, the ego increases with the sense of, 'I have renounced.' The path the world follows is the Kramic path. In it one moves forward one step at a time. It is a path of acquisition and renunciation. But there is great danger in it also because a person regresses tremendously if he mingles in the
