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Appendix I Self-realisation
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APPENDIX -I
SELF-REALISATION
(By: Revered Brahmachariji)
As real self I never knew, So suffered I eternal pain; I bow to Him my master true,
Who preached and broke eternal chain.
In this degrading Age,
Who knows - Salvation-way mostly unknown? For seekers true, this Gospel shows, Unhidden as their fingers own. Some follow rites forgetting self,
Some learned fools believe freedom; Misled are both, none knows the self,
Merciful state, I feel for them. The first are stuck in outward deeds,
With heart unturned, they save and serve; But prohibit they knowledge-seeds, Believing old as gold preserve. No bondage, freedom new or old,
The others preach, in words, the soul; Attachment all in acts behold,
So word-wise, they get not the goal. Unattachment and all fruitful,
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If you have knowledge of the soul; Of self-knowledge they are the tool,
The real knowledge is the goal. And if the heart contains no merits, The real knowledge cannot shine; If only satisfied with merits,
They prove the block to knowledge fine. Whatever, wherever is fit,
The seeker understands and acts; Without this virtue, count unfit, For seekership of real facts.
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