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impermanent, these states have to be attained. Therefore, one should not follow the principle that all that is impermanent is inferior and worthy of disposal. It is very important that the goal should always remain in the purview.
Srimadji is trying to tell us, “your goal is within you. You can attain it if you desire -
सर्व जीव छे सिद्ध सम, जे समजे ते थाय,
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First the jiva has to understand and then follow it. The understanding that “I am in the true form of Siddha', should prevail. There is a unity of form in my self and in the form of Siddha, for, I am the atma. There is the state of Siddha in every jiva of the world, whatever be the sort of jiva.
The sages categorise the jivas on the basis of their transitory bhavas, into two categories - 1. Bhavya -Noble, and 2. Abhavya - Ignoble. However, both these types are similar to Siddha. In the original true form of the atma, whether bhavya or abhavya, they are the same. Yet it is said that the bhavya jiva attains moksa. That is to say, that it will attain its original true state of Siddha and that the abhavya jiva will not. In spite of the original true form of both types of jivas being the same, the abhavya state that prevails in an abhavya atma disallows the occurence of spiritual progress. As a result even after wandering through external yogas it cannot awaken its own supreme state.
Indeed, even within the bhavya category, two further divisions have been made - 1. Nikata bhavya, and 2. Durbhavya. The first type attains moksa early, while the second take a long, at times infinite time of suffering in this material world before they can attain moksa.
Let us try to understand this fact at length. For example, the food-grains grown in a farm: In spite of all the grains having the capacity to sprout, only a few of the grains from one crop are
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