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Aptavani-8
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Questioner: No, I would not.
Dadashri: That is because your ‘my-ness' (mamata) is gone. In the same way, the moment you know the Atma, the ego (ahamkar) and the 'my-ness' (mamata) disappear simultaneously. A State of Bliss Prevails in the State of the
Self You yourself are the Absolute Soul (Parmatma), but since you do not have the awareness, what can you do? Until then, you behave in the awareness that you have. “I am Chandubhai’ is the only belief you have; “I am Chandubhai, I am this woman's husband'. And it is these kinds of wrong beliefs that you dwell in.
Questioner: Is that not how all the living beings (jivas) in the worldly life (sansar) recognize each other? That is why everyone calls me Chandubhai.
Dadashri: Chandubhai is just a way for identifying you in worldly interaction (vyavahar), and there is nothing wrong with that. If someone asks me, “What is your name?' I would say, ‘Ambalal.' But I', not even in my dreams would believe that, “I am Ambalal”. Whereas you, not just in your dreams, but even while awake, go around believing that, 'I am Chandubhai’. Now, 'I am Chandubhai', is the wrong belief that gives you problems. And I remain in the awareness of the Self (swa-bhaan), in my own Self form (swa-swaroop), so I am constantly in a state of bliss (samadhi); maintaining oneness with the Self. When I enter the state of the Self (swa-swaroop), the constant state of the Absolute Soul (Parmatma) occurs with it, and the energy (shakti) of the Absolute Soul, manifests. Right now it is Chandubhai's energy (shakti) that is being expressed. Since you have come into the human form, Chandubhai's energies have manifested; however, more of the energies of human beings have not yet manifested. They are being dissipated in the ordinary human life.
