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of their perception (drashti); it is not exactly chetan. That chetan is referred to as nischetan chetan (energized self; mechanical chetan). So it is a discharging thing. When it is discharging, it is nischetan chetan. All that humans do; walking, moving about, and everything else, is all nischetan chetan. It is only because of the presence of the Atma, that this entire machine is running. If the Atma were not present, then this machine would not work at all; it would stop.
What would happen if you closed your mouth and kept your nose pinched? The one who resides within, will empty the entire room and leave. How can you call that chetan? That is the mechanical chetan. If the world had ever come to know the real chetan, then today, it would have been blessed! It is not even in a state, that it would know it. This mechanical chetan is said to be in motion (sachar; movable), and the real chetan is said to be still (achar; immovable); therefore the world is sacharachar (movable-immovable).
There is indeed chetan in the body. But it is an effective chetan. What kind of chetan is it? It is a charged chetan (charged soul). Now, if it is a charged chetan, then you cannot call it the original chetan (muda chetan- main Soul) at all! Is there a mistake here or not? Do you realize that it has been misconceived up until this time? All the beliefs were filled with errors. Should there not be exactness to it?
Questioner: So, is it the mechanical chetan that is throughout the body?
Dadashri: Yes, the mechanical chetan. Questioner: So then, where is the real chetan?
Dadashri: The real chetan is all throughout the body! And the mechanical chetan is just the outer layer.
In truth, the Atma which people consider as Atma, is in
