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Letter 26 worship of God, deference or respect of Guru and reading of scriptures is not sufficient for Atmanubhav.
(2) The proper belief of seven Tattvas :- By leaving aside all the fallacious beliefs which we have seen earlier regarding seven Tattvas one has to know the proper and true nature of the Tattvas and understand which of them are Heya, Dnyeya and Upadeya Tattvas, one has to have belief in them. And therefore one has to keep on contemplating upon them and by analysing and logically concluding that in fact these Tattvas are as they are said to be in the scriptures, only then it can be said that one has proper belief in seven Tattvas.
(3) Swa-Para Bhed Vidnyan :- To differentiate Swa i.e. one's own self and Para i.e. all the other things which are not Swa and then to understand Swa to be your own self and Para as all those things which are not a part of you or everything other than you. To differentiate between Swa and Para in seven Tattvas is called Bhed-Vidnyan i.e. the science which differentiates Swa and Para.
(4) Atmanubhooti :- Once you know who is Swa then keep on turning inwards and practising to concentrate on and experience one's own self. This is Atmanubhooti. This is the practise one has to do by himself. Arihant Bhagwan have preached and told us what is Atma and how to experience it. Accordingly many Jeevas have experienced that and Acharyas have written down their experience in the scriptures. They have told us that they have already known and experienced their own self and are enjoying the Bliss of the magnificence of self. And all the other Jeevas should also know the magnificence of their own self and enjoy Bliss.
Out of all the four points mentioned above, we have already discussed the first two in our earlier letters. Today's subject is Bhed-Vidnyan. It does not mean to differentiate between any two things, but it is to know the nature of Swa and Para i.e. all other things and then differentiate between the two on the basis of their characteristics. Bhed-Vidnyan is a natural procedure. Even a child knows that mother belongs to him and he cries and gets angry if she picks up any other child.
Just as said above, in Bhed-Vidnyan, out of two parties amongst which Bhed-Vidnyan is to be done one party has to be Swa i.e. one's own self and all the other things are other party. Just to differentiate between any two objects or things is not Bhed-Vidnyan.
Just as in the cricket matches going on between any two nations apart from India, we are not keen to observe or know as who has won or lost. But take the example of the match played between India and Pakistan yesterday. The whole nation was glued to the T.V. holding their
