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I-ness (potapanu): Supreme Soul (Parmatma)
Oneness with the entire universe
Here there is oneness (abheda bhaav). You and I are all one. I do not feel separate from any of you. And even with the fifty thousand people here, there is no sense of separation (judai) with anyone of them. Neither is there any separation with the rest of the world. You are the one who has separation.
So to begin with, I remain one (abheda) with all these fifty thousand mahatmas here, and secondarily I remain one with the whole world. I do not have any separation (judai) with anyone anywhere. Therefore, this is the primary oneness (abhedta) and the other is the secondary oneness. I do not want anything else. I do not have any buddhi (intellect) and that is why I feel oneness with everyone. I feel like everything is mine. Separation occurs in the presence of the intellect, so how can there be any separation when there is no intellect? Intellect creates separation (bheda); it shows 'this is mine and that is yours' and that is separation. How can this division of 'yours' and 'mine' exist when there is no intellect? This divisive intellect (bheda buddhi) that has arisen is the one that shows, 'I am separate from this person'.
Questioner: The moment one becomes separate (alag). he feels the separation (judai), does he not?
Dadashri: And with that separation (alagata), one has gone in the wrong direction. I do not have any separation with you, but you have separation from me.
Questioner: Do many people not say 'we are all one'?
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Dadashri: One says that but the sense of separation (judai) remains. Until 'that' - the absolute state - is attained, the separation will remain. One may say, 'we are all one' but as long as the precise 'fitting' does not occur, he will continue to feel the separation. That is why I do not feel the separation from anyone in this world. I consider not only those who have come here, as mine but everyone else as mine too. They are all mine and I am theirs.
The experience of the Self increases as the duration and intensity of oneness prevails. Yes, the belief of separation is verily the reason for the dissipation of the energy of the Self. All these problems exist because of the belief of separation. Do you have any judai - sense of separation - with anyone?
Questioner: I want to remove this sense of separation,
Dada.
Dadashri: What are you saying? There is no other way but to be rid of the separation. You will have to become abheda (one who has no separation with any one), will you not? Potapanu, ('I-ness'); the last remnant of 'I am this body' will have to leave. Once this potapanu leaves, the separation (judai) will go. Now, as long as there is intellect, this 'I-ness' (potapanu) will not go away, will it? And as long as there is intellect, does it not create the separation (bheda)? Once potapanu leaves, one becomes abheda - the One without separation.
1-ness (potapanu)
Look, let me tell you as it is; once and for all. A great deal of time, life after life, has passed in this way, for 'us'. That is why I am showing you an easy way. I had to look for the path on my own, but I am showing you the path that I have traversed. I am giving you the key to unlock all the obstacles along the way.
This 'Ambalal Muljibhai Patel', has let go of his 'I-ness'
