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I am the Soul
463 affected disposition that is attachment and aversion. The dampening of attachment and aversion thus attained is the nirgrantha state. That is the detachment from all ties - sarva sanga parityaga. Detachment from kith and kin and possessions on the outside and from the feelings of attachment and possessiveness on the inside. Only when such a state of detachment arises in the jiva, that it can experience the self.
In the supreme detached state not even one karmic atom remains attached. In Srimadji's own words -
एक परमाणु मात्रनी न मळे स्पर्शता,
gof ancie TFEN BIETAT Fathu ..... Where the jiva's attachment with all paramanus is cut off totally, that is the asanga state - the detached state. Only the jiva surrounded by karmic paramanus remains in the worldly cycle; but in the ultimate state of the progress of the self, all paramanus including karmic paramanus get cut off. Mind, speech, body and karma which are all in the form of pudgala get separated from the atma and it becomes totally free of blemish and attains its original undivided, unwavering form. This is called the totally nirgrantha state, and this is the detached state.
Gurudev says, 'had the jiva been in this state, it would surely have experienced it. But what has been the experience until now? Indeed, have you ever experienced a time when the atma did not have some hue or attachment?'
Brothers! If we were to consider the experiences of our lifetime, then all of them are born out of our attachment with some person or thing. The affection for extraneous substances and the deep interaction with them have been the reasons for such experiences. What other experiences are there on the stage of this Universe? A senior person says, 'I have experienced a lot. I have been through the thick and thin.' What is all that about? Either you made money or lost it. Either you derived joy or sorrow
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