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Those that do believe in reincarnation would know about the Atma; that ‘my Atma is separate and I am separate'.
And the Atma is one of those things that no one has ever found. Only those with Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnanis) have found it; if you say that, it would be fine. And those who became Absolutely Enlightened (the Kevalis), did so by doing the devotional worship (darshan) of those with Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnanis). However the real discovery was made by the One is with Absolute Knowledge (the Keval Gnanis) – the Tirthankars.
Therefore, the Atma is something that is not possible to find. How can one find the Atma in this body? The Atma is such a thing that it can pass through houses; it can even pass through thousands of walls. So how is it possible for one to find the Atma inside this body? The Gnani Gives the Experience of the Atma
Questioner: So then worldly people can never attain the Atma?
Dadashri: It is nothing like that. You yourself are Atma. But you yourself do not have the awareness of how I am the Atma! Otherwise, you are yourself the Atma.
When the Gnani Purush gives you Atmagnan (Selfrealization), how does he give it? He places a "line of demarcation” between illusory knowledge (bhrant-gnan) and this Knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan); between this knowledge of the non-Self (jada gnan) and knowledge of the Self (chetan Gnan). Thereafter, there is no likelihood of the mistake ever occurring again. And the Atma will continue to remain in one's awareness; not even for a moment will that awareness disappear.
Even at this very moment, both the natures and functions (dharmas) of the Atma (Self) and the non-Atma (anatma -
