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I am the Soul
549 Here Gurudev has recognised the eligible disciple and is presenting his knowledge. That is why he says, 'It is quite easy for you to attain moksa upaya.' The benevolent words of the Gurudev overwhelm the disciple. Brothers! There is an unlimited flow of Gurudev's benevolence on the disciple. When does it flow? When do such beautiful words come from the Gurudev? Only when the disciple has such a future. We too desire that our Gurus should only utter words of blessings for us. But Brothers! How can this happen if the Gurudev's heart has not been pleased? However ardently the Gurudev may desire, but our ineligibility will not let him open up his heart to us. Words will not flow from him. Therefore, it is most imperative that we become eligible.
After expressing the feelings on his mind, now the Gurudev is presenting a detailed analysis of what moksa upaya is. Explaining where the jiva is faltering, the Gurudev says -
कर्मभाव अज्ञान छे, मोक्षभाव निजवास;
siachi 35144 44, TIST FIIchigt .....86 Child! To attain the moksa marga it is necessary to understand and avoid ignorance. What is ignorance? The gatha says – fura 3431 , Karmabhava ajnana che. To accept the state, that has developed due to the rise of karma, as our own state – as our own true form is karmabhava. If somebody were to ask us – Who are you? We would reply - I am a human. That is right. If you were to forget other classifications and from the humanitarian viewpoint it would be right to say so. But spiritually speaking it would be ignorance to believe that 'I am a human’. For attaining the human state is the result of rise of karma - Bitcifu' ya audaika bhava.
When the jiva gets bonded in manushya gati nama karma and the ayushya karma of manushya, it becomes manushya - human - as a result. Simultaneously, the sense organs that it
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