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The Self Realization
Letter of Six Steps Funda mental Truths
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Thursday Salutations with extreme devotion to shree Sadgurudeva, the sole giver of protection
The knowing saints who have realised their pure self have declared the following six steps as the best abodes of Samyaka Darshana or right vision of reality : Step One: 'Self exists.' As there are objects such
as pots and clothes, so there is the Self. As one can prove the existence of an object by its specific quality or characteristic, with reference to pot and cloth, similarly the proof of the existence of Self is the presence in it of a quality of consciousness, which not only illuminates itself but also all others
around it. Step Two : "This Self is permanent or eternal.
Pot and cloth etc. exist only at some time, but the Self is present in all times past, present and future. Pot and cloth etc. are objects by contact or combination of circumstances, the Self is by nature an independent existence or a substance because we do not experience any circumstances which can create it. Consciousness cannot manifest itself by the help of any object created by collocation of circumstances. So it is uncreated. Since it does not involve any combination of objects, it is imperishable. Because
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