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Letter 27
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You may say, "Is that all that we have to do? Then will I get Atmanubhooti or Swa Para Bhed Vidnyan? What is the big deal here? All which is known i.e. Dneya is Para and one who knows is swa! That's
But just hold on. Have patience. Even omniscient Bhagwan knows Swa and whole of Para. But there is a vital main difference between them and us. Despite knowing all the things in the cosmos, Sarvadnya do not have even the slightest passions of Raag and Dvesha. They are totally Veetaragi. And our Dnyan is mixed with Moha, Raag and Dvesha and therefore is polluted.
While knowing the Dnyeya substance, we do not realise the fact that we are only the knower of these things. But because we have fallacious beliefs that we are the doer of these things or we can alter them or we are the enjoyer of them, our knowledge of Dnyeya also is polluted and becomes fallacious.
For example, this body is in reality only a Dnyeya, but we have been identifying ourselves with the body (which is Ekatva Buddhi), the children, wife, the wealth are also Dnyeya but we think that they are all mine, or they belong to me (which is Mamatva Buddhi). When the children grow or we acquire more wealth, then despite all that being Dnyeya we think that we have looked after our children, taken care of them and helped them to grow, or the wealth is eamed by me out of my : efforts and wisdom (which is kartrutva Buddhi). Similarly when the other substances are with us or in our possession or in our contact we are happy and feel sorrow or grieved when we loose them, (Bhoktrutva Buddhi)
In this fashion because of this knowledge about Dnyeya is associated with the wrong beliefs of Ekatva, Mamatva, Kartrutva and Bhoktrutva, it is fallacious.
And the Jeev not only considered all these other things ( Para Padartha ) to be his own, but since the passions of love, anger, hatred he feels towards them are also known by him, he considers and believes that these passions are his nature i.e. it is his Swabhava. These passions are in fact Asrava and Bandha i.e. they are perverted Bhava i.e. Vibhava.
It means in our knowledge i.e. Dnyan, Atma is being known, the other substances i.e. Parapadartha are being known, Vikari Bhavas ( passions, mithyatva etc. ) Ashuddha Bhavas and Avikari Bhavas ( Shuddha Bhavas ) evolving in the Alma are also being known, Punya and Paap are also being known.
But inspite of knowing all these things when one believes and identifies himself as Swa Atma and feeling of 'one'ness and 'mine'ness
