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Aptavani-8
Questioner: By what means can we get rid of this illusion (bhranti) that exists? Bless us with that understanding.
Dadashri: One is the doer (karta) of karma, so therefore he is the sufferer (bhokta) of that karma. What is that? It means that one gives support to the karma by saying, 'I did this.' In this world, it is not possible at all for any living being (jiva) to do anything. To say, 'I am doing’, is illusion (bhranti) itself, and that itself is egoism (ahamkar). This is the ego showing itself. Otherwise, all of this is, 'it happens”. Everything just happens. While this is happening one says, “I did it. I am doing it.' This is all just happening. Even if he does not do a thing, he will still get a nice breakfast and everything, when he wakes up in the morning.
Now, by what means do we remove this illusion (bhranti)? If a Gnani Purush makes him know, 'who he himself is', then that illusion will go away, that is all. Therefore, if one finds a Gnani Purush, then the illusion (bhranti) will leave.
In this world, when the two intents (bhaav) of, 'I am doing' and 'I know', are made together, it is called illusion (bhranti). “We' (the Gnani Purush) do not have the awareness of, 'I am doing' at all. Ever since 'we' attained the awareness of the Atma (Self), the awareness of 'I am doing' has never occurred. Moreover, I am no longer the owner of this body. For the last twenty-five years, ‘I' have not had the ownership of this mind, speech and body. Not Heard, Not Believed, Not Known the
Atma, Then...
Therefore, the Atma is something different. To know the Atma, would be to know the Absolute Soul (Parmatma), and he that has known the Parmatma, has indeed attained liberation (moksha)!
All this is in order to know the Atma. And if you have not
