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The prevailing experience of 'I am this body, mind, speech etc.' is dehadhyas, and after Self-realization, this experience is gone, and there prevails the experience of the Atma (Self). That, which becomes involved (tanmayakar) with the body, is not the original Atma, but the atma that one believes in; the atma that interacts in the world (vyavahar atma).
It is not the Atma from within that says, 'You are wrong', but the tape- record, that is based on whatever worldly knowledge it has assumed, that is speaking. All these: the eyes (camera), ears (receivers), speech (tape-record), mind (machine's head); as well as, eating, drinking, talking, walking, is all mechanical.
Those who believe: 'I am a sinner', 'I practice penance', or 'I know scriptures'; or else, those conducting religious rituals, meditation, chanting and penance – these actions are all done by the mechanical atma, the Gnani has said. The Atma, according to the world's belief – the one that it tries to make still (achar) and steady – is in motion (sachar - changing); it is a mechanical atma; whereas the real Atma is still (achar), and its nature is to Know. The belief is fundamentally wrong. While being in an unsteady state, in trying to discover the steady Atma, you would only attain the unsteady atma! The mechanical atma, which is always unsteady (chanchal) and active (kriyasheel); is what the world is trying to make steady. How can this be possible? The vision that is directed towards the steady (achar) will bring about the natural state of steadiness. Who but the Gnani, can make one understand the fact that the mechanical self, and the original Atma, are so different by nature? Who would give you such knowledge of their separation? The original Atma is in the form of Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnan), in the form of Absolute light (Keval prakash), infinite Knowledge (anant Gnan), infinite Vision (anant Darshan), infinite Energy (anant shakti) and infinite Bliss (anant sukh). This chetan is full of infinite attributes!
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