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Aptavani-8
When the Wrong Belief Goes, There Is Oneness With God
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Questioner: If the pure Soul (Shuddhatma) itself is Bhagwan (God); he is within us, so he cannot be somewhere far away, can he?
Dadashri: Yes, that is it, the one inside you, is himself Bhagwan, there is no other Bhagwan in this world.
Questioner: So you would not have a separation (bhed) with that Bhagwan, would you?
Dadashri: But at this point in time, you are separate. Bhagwan (God) is able to join you, only if you become one (abheda). But you want to be Chandubhai and you want to be some woman's husband, you want to be the boy's father, you want to be someone's uncle..., so of course God could never join you! When you become God's, he will become one with you (abheda). When you become Shuddhatma, you become God's; therefore you become one. You are the one who has created the division (bhed); God has not created the division (bhed). When you say, 'I am this woman's husband', God says, 'Go, be a husband then.' And this is how you have made a split with God. Now if you become one with God, then everything becomes united (abheda)! And to bring about that oneness; there is all this science (vignan). The entire world is searching for Bhagwan (God); searching for that oneness.
You are right in asking why this separation came about. Is it not true? The division (bhed) is that Bhagwan (God) is really inside, but why does one not feel that oneness? One has never really bothered with God! One has only been concerned about, 'This is my wife and these are my children, and this is my brother, this is my uncle'. He does not care about Bhagwan. In fact, no one really cares about Bhagwan. Even devotees do not care about Bhagwan. Devotees are continually lost in their cymbals and all that; completely absorbed in its revelry and
