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And you should experience liberation (moksha) right here. If you cannot experience it from here, then it is not real moksha. After meeting 'us' here, if you do not experience moksha after that, then that Gnani is not real, and neither is the moksha real. You should experience moksha, here in this very fifth ara (age of the time cycle). Right here, in your coat and hat, you should experience moksha. There is no telling what you may experience over there (the next life). Therefore, you need to ascertain from the Gnani Purush, how you yourself are the Atma. Relentless Mistake in the Definition of the
Self Through the Ages
Questioner: I feel, what is the hurry in trying to determine what the form (swaroop) of the Atma is?
Dadashri: Yes, there is no need to rush. Here, you can ask however many questions you want to. “We are ready to give you explanations. Whatever decision you wish to make, you can make here. However before you make the decision, only at that time, you must be certain. Once you have made the decision, there is no need for certainty. So there is no need for you to rush into making any decisions. That is because it is a mistake of endless lifetimes that needs to be destroyed. This is a mistake that has not been destroyed for infinite lifetimes, and it is this mistake that needs to be destroyed. And what is the mistake that has been made for countless avatars? For infinite past lives, you have made the mistake in determining, what the nature of the Atma is, and that mistake needs to be destroyed. So there is no need to rush into it, is there?
This nature (swaroop) of the Atma is something that will not come into your vision (drashti). Now, your own knowledge knows it to a certain extent; however, the nature of the Atma is much further than that. Therefore even your own knowledge cannot reach there. Where your vision does not reach; where
