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One's own wrong belief of 'I am Chandubhai’ arises! With this wrong belief karma is created. The pudgal (non-Self complex) alone cannot create karma. It requires the Atma's presence. The ego that arises because of the presence of the Atma (Self) is doing the work. All this ends when the ego is 'fractured'. The ego binds karma, and Nature frees you from karma. Nature frees you from karma when the timing is right, and when all the other evidences' come together. When you are being freed from that karma, the ego suffers (bhogavey) it and binds a new karma.
Who Removes That Ego? Questioner: Do you mean to say that the Atma (Self) binds (“charges') and discharges' karma through the body complex (pudgal)?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that. The Self has absolutely no involvement in this. In fact, the Self is free. It is independent. It is the ego, which has been created through a false imposition (of 'I am Chandubhai') that binds karma, and it is the ego that experiences the fruits of karma. You are Shuddhatma (the pure Soul), and yet you claim 'I am Chandubhai'. To claim to be what you are not, is called the ego. This is the false imposition of the ego. Egoism is to usurp someone else's space and call it your own. When this ego departs, You can return to Your own place.
Questioner: Can we get rid of our ego through our own efforts, or does it happen naturally?
Dadashri: You cannot get rid of it completely, however, you can up to a certain extent. When you wash clothes with soap, the soap will leave its residue behind on the clothes. Then Tinopal (stain-remover) will leave its residue behind if you try to remove the soap residue with it; the final residue will not come out on its own. You need a Gnani Purush to remove the final
