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Aptavani-8
ho! Just look at this great Chandubhai! He has got a hold of the completely wrong thing. Can you afford all that? How do you feel?
Questioner: We cannot afford to do that.
Dadashri: So you need some kind of knowledge that will bring an end to this. From this ocean of worldly life (sansar), you cannot see the shore anywhere. There, every so often they will say, 'Let us go North!' When you go North, you will meet someone that says, 'Let us go this way.' You fool! I have just come from that way. And he will say, 'never mind that, just come back this way again.' So that is how he goes on roaming, roaming, roaming, roaming around. But he cannot see the shoreline, the coast or anything, anywhere.
Who Destroys This Illusion? Anything that disappears in a short time, is called illusion (bhranti). And every day, we make all these illusions stronger. By saying, 'I am Chandubhai, I am Chandubhai' each day, we are creating new illusions, while the old illusions are being erased. If we did not create new illusion, then the old ones would disappear. The nature of everything is that it dissipates and comes to an end (viyogi). Even the nature of illusion (bhranti) is shortlived (viyogi).
Your very own Atma, is who you truly are. But at this point in time, you have illusion (bhranti). Which means that where you yourself are not, you are falsely imputing (aarop) that, “I am Chandubhai.' The Difference between Temporary and
Permanent
When a person dies, the things that are temporary and destructible (vinashi), are separated from the things that are permanent (avinashi). The permanent (avinashi) thing in this, is
