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search of water, he will never get it. The earlier he gets disillusioned, the better will it be for him.
Similarly, the worldly soul stays in illusion about itself. By its wrong perception and identification with the body, it considers itself as mortal and devoid of knowledge. As such, it tries to gain knowledge from external sources. Even those, who look for the soul, tend to identify it with the sense organs or with the breath, etc. Only a few go ahead and undertake meditation for realizing the soul. During meditation, if they happen to see a "bright light" or such other phenomena, they may think of having realized the soul. Most of such experiences, however, occur out of fantasy. Such fantasies cannot lead toward the true objective. One should therefore be careful and not be carried away by any fantasy. He should make every possible effort to stay away from all the illusory impressions and try to realize the true properties of the soul. To be awakened to the natural properties and to stay constantly aware of it amounts to liberation. Therefore it is said here that the way one realizes his true properties of everlastingness, consciousness, purity, etc. without any illusion, constitutes the path of liberation.
કર્મ અનંત પ્રકારનાં, તેમાં મુખ્ય આઠ; તેમાં મુખ્ય મોહનીય, હણાય તે કહું પાઠ.
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Karma Anant Prakärnän, Temän Mukhye Äth; Temän Mukhye Mohaniya, Hanäy Te Kahun Päth.
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