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Aptavani-8
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Self is itself independent (nirpeksha)! But this should be a dependent (sapeksha) thing. You cannot just make an independent statement that the Atma is indeed pure'; you cannot speak this way. If you just say, 'The Atma is pure', then there is no need to look for it!
What Is' - That You Must Know (!) But...
Gurus say, “You are this', and one continues to chant it repeatedly. However, they have not told you ‘What you are not’: they need to tell you both things. All they tell you is, 'what is'. They have not told you ‘what is not'. That is why one lives in ‘what is not, but the words that come out are of, 'what is'.
I have come across so many people here. They tell me, ‘My guru has given this to me.' And I say to them, 'It is correct, it is not wrong. Your guru has given it to you. But what have you achieved from it until now, tell me that. If someone provokes you, does it not bother you?' So the person says, “That does not go away. But it will happen after some time.' I said, 'No, it would not take long at all, if you had your own Self form (swaroop), in your hands.' Then he asks, 'What is stopping it?' That is when I told him, 'You have not been told, what you are not; they have told you what you are'. But they have not told you, what you are not. If they had told you this, it would have been helpful. Which guru would know what you are not? Tell me!
Right now, are you not present while eating and drinking? The other person took the adjustment of 'I am indeed pure and enlightened'. But what are you not? Why do you not find that out, or is it all the same to you? “I am pure-enlightened (shuddhabuddha)', and is the cardamom pure-enlightened (shuddhabuddha) as well? Now, what is not? So until this is analyzed, one will not get anywhere; he is wandering around. For endless lifetimes, this same wandering has carried on.
