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That which is the unbounded experience ...
The devoted pursuit of the three gems awakens the infinite and eternal strengths of the atma. The infinite eternal strength of the atma is its infinite quality. When all these qualities appear in all their purity, the jiva attains infinite bliss; experiences the infinite strengths.
To attain these infinite strengths a tremendous effort is called for. First of all the jiva should know that 'I am the soul, he should experience it and then believe in it. That is the true effort.
Here, such an inquisitive disciple, in spite of the thought of the existence of his self awakening in his mind, is riddled with doubts. He has to stabilise in the faith in himself. He is a seeker of knowledge who harbours the feelings of detachment from external disposition and attachment towards the true disposition of the self. That is why he is seeking refuge with the Sadguru. Not just that, he has submitted himself.
The total dedication in all three yogas of the disciple pleases the Gurudev, and he opens the treasure of knowledge that is within him.
He first explains the disciple where he has gone wrong, like all other common jivas; generally all humans believe the body itself to be the soul. They are not aware at all that there is a soul apart from the body. But here the Gurudev, in addition to explaining the reasons for this misunderstanding, also tells how the fault can be remedied.
Body and soul, owing to their characteristics of inanimate and animate, are different indeed. Both have an independent existence. Both have their independent strengths. From the example of the sword and the scabbard, it is indicated that the body and soul are separate. The sword may remain in the scabbard for hundreds or thousands of years, yet it cannot change into the
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