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I am the Soul A Matarthi jiva may stubbornly insist upon pushing the faith or appearance he has believed, where there is stubbornness, there is a unity of belief. Moksa is not in unity, it is in diversity. Hence there should not be an obstinate approach. Brothers! In any facet of life, obstinacy generates friction. All the wars that were waged in our history, whether worldly or religious, were solely because of obstinacy. Where there is obstinacy, there is no peace, no equanimity and no happiness. The insistence - “What I say is the truth and all others are wrong" - brings about a mutual hatred. It ruins life. Just imagine! If obstinacy can generate misery even in the most insignificant facet of life, how can a stubborn man progress on the spiritual path of self-purification? Leave alone Moksa, he cannot even get closer to samyag darshan. Hence, if the soul is to be realised, obstinacy should be totally given up. But the Matarthi jiva does not understand this and is preoccupied in the grip of his own beliefs. Therefore, the spiritual path is not for him.
Now, some more characteristics of the Matarthi in the next.
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