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(Shuddhatma), and that means: The pure Soul is who I am. Whereas 'I am That' (“sohum”) says, “That is who I am'. There is no meaning in that! Sohum is a tool (sadhan) to attain the pure Soul (Shuddhatma). Those who attained the goal (sadhya), relinquish the tool (sadhan). After Becoming Pure, One Can Say 'Pure Soul
Questioner: Can you become the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) by saying 'I am the pure Soul'?
Dadashri: You cannot become it like that. There are many people who do say, 'I am a Shuddhatma’, but they do not get anywhere.
Questioner: If we have not attained Gnan from you but we have read about it in a book, or have been told to say “I am Shuddhatma' by someone; do we get any benefit from that?
Dadashri: You will not get anything at all out of that! Even if you said Shuddhatma for thousands of lifetimes you still would not get anywhere.
Just like if you have a friend, who falls asleep while talking to you, but you think he is still awake, so you ask him to loan you some rupees. But before you ask him again, he says, “I will give you five thousand rupees.' Then would you believe him? Would you not have to check and see whether he was sleeping or awake when he said that? If he is saying it in his sleep, he would not give you anything, even if you sat around all night. And if he is saying it while he is awake, then he would give it to you. In the same way, they are saying 'I am Shuddhatma' in their sleep. So they gain nothing from it.
The awareness of 'I am Shuddhatma' has to be given by the Gnani Purush, so when you are awake; then when you say it, it is beneficial. In the same way, I first awaken you and then make You say, 'I am the pure Soul' (Shuddhatma), I do not make you say it just like that! And in an hour, I give you the
