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I am the Soul
803 therefore, placed a great importance on ‘vichar in Atmasiddhi Shastra. The state of thinking, which begins, with the thought of attaining the atma, allows the thought of atma to sprout in the own atma. Thereafter, a quest for the path told in the scriptures awakens in a dispassionate feeling. This dispassionate state can understand the background of the goal of the atma in a proper way. And the firm belief, in the unity of the path of moksa, that it is the same at all times, that there is no other path, stabilises within the jiva. This may be called a good thought. Once good thoughts awaken, the jiva on the path of progress begins to go deeper into introspection to experience the principles in a proper way. In doing so the jiva becomes aware of the difference between jada and chetan.
Going beyond that, it gets a proper understanding of all the six statements in its thoughts. Once this is done, the great benevolent Gurudev passes the order that, “just as you have introspected to understand the six statements, if you think about the sat-chid-ananda true form of the atma and stabilise within, then you will also realise the atma. The thoughtful state of the magnanimous sadhaka who has realised the soul, develops the ability to perceive all faiths from the anekanta viewpoint and accommodates all within the self. And ultimately that stage arrives where the state of thinking is transformed into the state of meditation.
A proper analysis of the five statements and meditation help attain moksa that is in the form of the fifth statement. Thus, the thought process that has begun with the quest for the goal of the atma, transforms into a tremendous effort for the attainment of moksa and brings the experience of the infinite bliss of moksa.
Thus, Srimadji removes the doubt from all the mumukshus by unambiguously stating that the jiva in devoted pursuit of the path of moksa certainly attains it. He unhesitatingly tells us that
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