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depth of the transitions of the paramanus, ever desire pudgals and be proud of his ownership over them? Man is establishing ownership over many substances; if someone challenges the claim, he establishes it with force. Ah! He even steps into a court to prove his ownership. But the entire world is like a dream. Not even one paramanu in this universe has ever belonged to anyone, neither will it ever. One jiva has a time limit of living with a paramanu, lives only as long together and then invariably falls apart. How can ownership be possible there?
Srimadji has compared the substances in the material world with dreams. Do the substances seen in a dream ever belong to anybody? Can these substances ever offer happiness? Can satisfaction be experienced ever? Brothers! You may have seen sometimes in your dreams that you have had a very rich meal. Do you wake up and inform at home that you are not going to eat that day, that your stomach is full because you ate in your dreams? No, food from your dreams cannot fill your stomach. The poverty of one who has become a king in his dreams does not diminish. The mind does not get satisfied with the joy experienced in the dreams. For, dreams are not a reality. Similarly, the paramanus of the world do not get satisfied with such transitions. Atma is chetan, while the world is jada. The chetan is satisfied with feelings of chetan, and not with feelings of jada. Jada feelings are of a changing nature, but the pure chetan atma holds the power of infinite happiness. One who learns to obtain joy from the chetan, from the atma, will never be short of joy. The joy of atma is such a kalpavriksha - wish tree – which never enters fall. It is always in spring. It is always in full bloom.
Brothers! That is why Srimadji says that one, who has recognised the feelings of the material world to be like leftovers or dreams, is a true jnani. Rest are all pseudo-intelligent. They say one thing and do another. Unless there is a disinterest within
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