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Letter 27 Bhed Dnyan of Swa and Para i.e. one's own self and rest of the things is to know the two different things as different ones through their characteristics.
Dnyan i.e. sentience is the main explicit characteristic or attribute of Swa. And all these things which do not have my own sentience (Dnyan Darshan) are all Para. Till today we believed that the sensory organs like eyes, ears, nose etc. do the activity of knowing, and the knowledge is acquired by our body. But after the study we have done in last few days we have leamt that body is Pudgal, because it has the attributes like touch, smell, colour etc. But it does not have the attribute called Dnvan. And one who has my own sentience character is me.
At each samay whatever we know is Dnyeya and the one who knows is Dnyata, the means by which one knows is Dnyan and the activity of knowing, all these four things are going on simultaneously. That is 'T''know' the 'Dnyeya 'through 'Dnyan'. These four things are being known by us. Or in other words we are constantly aware of all the four things. Where ever the activity of knowing is going on, we definitely understand all the four things i.e. Dnyata, Dnyeya, Dnyan and the activity of knowing. The modification of knowing is continuously and eternally going on, therefore we are constantly aware of these things.
And despite the fact that all the four things are present and are being known by us, our attention is all the time diverted towards Dnyeya alone. That is why we are 100% sure about the existence of Dnyeya. For instance, while watching T.V. we do experience following four things. The existence of the T.V. which is Dnyeya, the one who knows it i.e. Dnyata, Dnyan through which this is being kriown and actual activity of knowing. But despite such being the state of facts, if you tell some one, that the Atma who is the knower of all these things is you or yourself; he will say that, “I do not know this Atma or whatever you call it. Had it been there then why is it not seen by me?" Or" if you say that there is such Atma ! Well then I will accept that it may be existing."
Atmanubhooti or process of Swa-Para Bhed Vidnyan is an experience which one has to gain through practical experimentation. We are all doing the activity of Dnyan i.e. knowing all the time, day and night.
While this activity of knowing is going on we have to keep on analysing it in four things in the above manner. While cooking, having dinner or watching T.V. etc. we have to realise and understand that in this activity of knowing I am the knower (Dnyata ), the means of knowing is my Dnyan and that which is known is Dnyeya. We have to learn and practice this awareness of these four things. By practicing it more and more often we form a habit of directing our attention to swa and concentrating on it.
