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I am the Soul
his interest in the soul never awakens. 'I am the Soul unattached, dispassionate, pure, animate substance. Different from all others' - such a feeling never occurs. His yogas of the mind, speech and body are always engrossed in the worldly affairs.
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Think, Brothers! You go through so many thoughts every day and night. About what are those thoughts? Perhaps some day you can jot down all the thoughts that occur to you on that one day and then look up as to what thoughts occurred. Of the Soul, or those of things other than the soul? I feel only a fortunate jiva alone would think of the soul at every moment. Rest is all world, world and world! Nothing else. Tell me! You are sitting here in a Prayer Hall, and what are your thoughts now? In which direction are your thoughts flowing? Tell me the truth? You do not remember the soul even while you sit here! If one of you says, "Mahasatiji! As long I am here, I remember the soul", that's good enough! Atleast you are that fortunate. But what should I say of those who do not remember their soul even while sitting here? Brothers! When will the yearning for Moksa - mumukshuta - arise? If mumukshuta does not arise even while sitting at the feet of the sages, if the interest in the soul does not arise even in a religious discourse, then where else will it?
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Those who are constantly engrossed in the worldly affairs, who consider the principles of dharma in no way different from the worldly feelings, such jivas have been called Matarthi. Srimadji gives us a description of the Matarthi jivas in the following few gathas. He says here -
तेह मतार्थी लक्षणो, अहीं कह्यां निर्पक्ष ..
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How are the Matarthi Jivas? Their qualities have been mentioned here impartially. The learned always take a balanced view. In their view, there never is an attachment towards a noble person, nor aversion towards an ignoble one. They in fact, consider that the conduct of every jivas is independent. It is not
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