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buddhi), it is called a living being (jiva). It is this bhed buddhi which says that, “I am separate and God is separate', and that is when you can say it is a living being (jiva). And when the intellect (buddhi) stops seeing differences and there is the oneness (becomes abheda) that, “I am the Bhagwan (Lord; God)’, it then becomes enlightened intellect (Shiva buddhi).
Questioner: With the vision (drashti) *I am Atma’, is there not a separation of the Atma in that?
Dadashri: When you have the awareness of 'I am Atma', then the separation between jiva and Shiva has been broken.
Questioner: That is right, but what is the difference between jiva and Parmeshwar (the Absolute God)?
Dadashri: The living being (jiva) asks for enjoyment from impermanent and perishable (vinashi) things, and its faith and belief (shraddha) lies in the temporary things. The Absolute Self (Parmeshwar) only has faith and belief in the permanent and indestructible (avinashi), and the Absolute Self (Parmeshwar) only believes in its own state. The Absolute Self believes only in its own eternal state. It has no value for the things that are destructible and impermanent (vinashi). That is the only difference. Jiva (living entity) means that it is itself immersed in illusion (bhranti), and when that illusion leaves, the delirium and obsession (murchha) over impermanent (vinashi) things will disappear, and it itself becomes the Absolute Self (Parmeshwar)!
To become devoid of attachment and abhorrence (vitarag), first your artadhvan (adverse internal meditation that hurts the self), and raudradhyan (adverse internal meditation that hurts the self and others) must stop altogether. When artadhyan and raudradhyan both stop, you will no longer have worries, and in spite of living in the worldly life (sansar), even then you will not have worries. If you still have worries, then what good is that? Lord Mahavir 's principle doctrine (siddhant - incontrovertible principle that accomplishes the ultimate) is this
