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(Shuddhatma)', itself is called the experience of the Atma (Atmanubhav). And to have that experience of the Atma; is it just any ordinary thing?
The Hidden Self, Wondrous, Wondrous!
So what is worth knowing in this world? What do you think?
Questioner: The form and nature of the Self (Swa
swaroop).
Dadashri: That is all. Except for that, there is nothing else in this world worth knowing. Only the form of the Self (swaroop) is worth knowing.
Questioner: Yes, but what must that wondrous vision (darshan) be?
Dadashri: Wonderful is the hidden form (swaroop)! That which is, completely hidden away from the world, is a hidden form (gupta swaroop). That, which the entire world does not know, is the hidden form which itself is wondrous. Besides, there is no other thing in this world that is wondrous (adabhoota)! Everything else, you can find. However, that which is a hidden form (gupta swaroop), is the only thing that is wondrous in this world! That is why the writers of scriptures (shastras) have repeatedly said, over and over a thousand times that it is wondrous, wondrous, wondrous!
The Fundamental Mistake Is the Belief Questioner: But do we not have illusion (bhranti)? Dadashri: What illusion?
Questioner: Is there not already illusion (bhranti) about the form of the Self (Swa-swaroop)?
Dadashri: But which form (swaroop) of yours has illusion (bhranti) and which form of yours is devoid of illusion? Do
