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Aptavani-8
Dadashri: Yes, it all has to do with the life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma). We refer to the life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma) as the non-Self complex (prakruti). But when we just say the non-Self complex (prakruti) by itself, people do not properly understand it. That is why 'we' have called it the lifeinstilled atma (pratishthit atma).
The pratishthit atma is the relative atma, and the other is the pure Soul (Shuddhatma). The Shuddhatma is the real Atma. And the relative atma is a mechanical atma, which is in the form of input-output (puran-galan). If you fill up (puran) with food here, in the morning you will have to excrete it (galan). If you fill up (puran) with water here, you have to go to the 'bathroom' (galan), and when you take a breath (puran), you have to exhale (galan). There is only this input-output (purangalan) and the pure Soul (Shuddhatma); just these two things.
Questioner: What is the difference between the relative atma and the real Atma?
Dadashri: The relative atma has arisen out of one's own wrong belief. When that wrong belief is fractured, one then enters the real Atma. The Gnani Purush fractures all the wrong beliefs, and he instills the right belief. That is called the enlightened vision (samyak darshan). Therefore, one has the conviction (pratiti) of one's own Shuddhatma (pure Soul).
Questioner: Is there a difference between the ego (aham) and the life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma)?
Dadashri: No. The life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma) itself is the ego (ahamkar). It was you who instilled the life (pratishtha), and therefore it came into being. And there again, you continue to instill life into it with, 'I am the body. I am Chandubhai, I am also this woman's husband, I am even this boy's father, I am his brother.' How many kinds of 'I...I...I...I's' are there?
