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indeed moving towards moksha. However, depending on the kind of nimit (instrument) he encounters, he again roams. Then again, it is only here in the human form that the roaming takes place. Or wherever else he roams, is correct. And if he should come across a wrong nimit, he can even be taken to a life in hell (nark gati), or into a yoni (place of creation) in the animal realm!
It Is Worth it, If Moksha Is Procured
Questioner: To attain moksha, is this body a necessary instrument?
Dadashri: The human body is the greatest instrument for attaining moksha (final liberation). Even in the celestial realm (deva gati) you cannot attain it, even in the animal gati (realm) you cannot attain it; you cannot attain it in any other avatar (birth). It is only in the human avatar that all the five realms of life-forms are open.
Is Moksha Possible for Every 'atma'? Questioner: When will all the Atmas reach the full stage?
Dadashri: If all the Atmas went to their liberation (moksha), this worldly life (sansar) would no longer exist. So do you wish to destroy the worldly life? What is your wish?
Questioner: There is Knowledge (Gnan) in the Atma, then would that stage not come when it can go to moksha?
Dadashri: Yes, that stage does come. It does indeed enter that stage, and they are on their way to final liberation (moksha). But when you say that, if all the world's Atmas went to moksha, you have made the intention (bhavna) for the destruction of the worldly life (sansar), that 'let this worldly life not be!' And this worldly life is something that is the development of the Atma! The original (muda) Atma is already developed, the Atma itself is full and complete (purna), but right now, your progression that has come about, is such that it is entrenched in
