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countries the list of things going along was pretty long. It is said that when a King or Emperor or a wealthy person died, along with him, not only the riches, gold and silver would be buried but also living servants, so that they may serve him wherever he went after death. It was believed that whatever was buried along with the dead would remain with him in the next birth too, and thus there would not be a problem of any sort. Such customs prevailed for a long time, and were discontinued with some realisation, only in recent times.
Brothers! This was and is sheer ignorance. The things buried along would turn to dust in it. They would not go along. But the Karmas in the form of virtues and sins do go along. I could go a step further and say that whatever impressions get accumulated on the soul in this life, they are carried on to another life and get awakened there. They may be good impressions or bad impressions!
The search here for a Sadguru is for this very reason. If the tremendous effort that is put in for the attainment of the supreme state with the direct inspiration of a Sadguru, does not bring you liberation in this very birth, the impressions of those feelings are carried on the soul, and in another birth, those impressions fetch the yoga of best penance, with a little or no effort. Like in the case of Srimad Rajachandraji and Ramana Maharshi!
Hence, in the last two lines of this Gatha, Srimadji says that an Atmarthi Sadhak is in search of a Sadguru only for the sake of Atmartha. There is nothing wrong with his psyche. Brothers! Physical illnesses can be noticed immediately. One can feel what pain there is and others too can sense it. If one has fever, then one feels it without being told about it, and if somebody touches that one then he too can feel it. The treatment too can be quick. But the illness of the mind is such that it can neither be understood nor explained, cannot be expressed and is unbearable.
Here Srimadji says, "No, the Atmarthi's mind is absolutely pure. There is no illness of the mind. But such ajiva cannot bear the
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