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Aptavani-8
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Dadashri: No, no! There is no merging over there. The Atma itself is the Absolute Soul (Parmatma). 'I am Chandubhai’ is the awareness that you have right now. And when you have the awareness, 'I am Atma', that is when you will have the awareness of the Absolute Soul. That Atma is the Absolute Soul itself. Even your Atma is the Absolute Soul, and his Atma is also the Absolute Soul (Parmatma). But the whole concept about merging that people have written about; has just ruined people's minds. How can you have merging of the Atma? It is the same Atma, but they are not aware of it yet. You are unaware of Atma at the present time. You do not have the awareness of Atma. At the moment, 'I am Chandubhai' is the awareness you have; “I am Desai’ is the awareness you have. But 'I am Atma', is not the awareness that you have!
All these (mahatmas) are seeing the Atma that resides within you, and that itself is the Absolute Soul (Parmatma). If there were any merging occurring, you would not even see the Absolute Soul! You can even see the Absolute Soul in the goat! The entire Absolute Soul is sitting inside a goat, even inside a donkey there sits the Absolute Soul. So there is no such thing as merging. You need to put everything you have read so far, to one side.
If you cannot get any butter out of it, in spite of churning it, then what good is it? Just get rid of it, pour it out. Moreover, all the effort that went into it; has gone to waste and has clotted his head with the arrogance of, 'I know something!'
Oh hey, what do you know? All this relentless tripping and stumbling has taken a toll on you! If a person takes such a beating, would he not feel thwarted? And who knows what he thinks of himself!
Questioner: But it has been said that every Atma is a separate part of the one Atma. It is a separate part of the Absolute (Brahma), then it merges back into it.
