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‘right belief'; therefore You' become the interim state Soul (antaratma). Then the absolute state (purnahuti) will occur naturally.
And this is not the kingdom of lawless rule of some Popabaai (“Popabaai nu raaj). I give you moksha (liberation) in just one hour, and it does not happen through Popabaai's rule. This has never happened. I am just an instrumental being (nimit). This is an extraordinary path. Where there is a rule, there is always an exception. This path is an exceptional one, and I have come to be its nimit.
Conviction of Parmatma Leads to the Absolute
When one enters the state of delusion or ignorance of the Self (mudha dasha), one is called mudhatma (deluded self; unaware of reality; the worldly self; not awakened to the Self). What would you call, 'I am Chandubhai, I am a collector'? It is the state of delusion of the deluded soul (mudhatma). He believes that happiness lies in destructible, perishable (nashavant) things. You are indestructible and eternal (avinashi). And the perishable (nashavant) is destructible and impermanent (vinashi), and you can never multiply the two, ever. Nevertheless, because of illusion (bhranti) one believes that happiness lies in worldly things, and that is why he is called the deluded self (mudhatma).
Now when the Gnani Purush gives him the conviction (pratiti) of the Absolute Soul (Parmatma): “This world is not all mine; I am the Absolute Soul.' It is then that the ‘I am this' (hoo-panu) becomes one with the Absolute Soul (Parmatma). At first, it is not complete oneness; but they become one through the intent of conviction (pratiti bhaav). Firstly it is through the intent of conviction (pratiti bhaav), and then they become one through the intent of Knowledge (Gnan bhaav). So first the conviction (pratiti) of 'I am the Absolute Soul (Parmatma)' has to set in. Right now, 'I am Chandubhai’ is the wrong belief that has established itself. “I am a collector' is a wrong belief.
