Who Am I

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Foundation

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Who Am I?
Who Am I?
know none of these things and even without knowing the answer to this one vital question, "Who am I'? you complicate your life further by actively participating in this relative world. In this state of ignorance, you further complicate your life by getting married, having a family, etc. This is how confusion and puzzles arise in the relative world.
Even when you fall asleep at night, you do so as Chandulal. All night long this wrong belief reinforces itself, becoming stronger and stronger. Only when you realize the answer to 'Who am I?' does your wrong belief stop. It is because of this wrong belief that you have been wandering from one life to another. You do not know your true identity and furthermore, you impress upon yourself the belief of that which you are not. You have imposed this wrong belief on your real Self. Not only this, but you have accepted that I am Chandulal' and have behaved accordingly. This false accusation is a blunder. This blunder is the root cause of all suffering, which occurs in the form of inner restlessness, misery and discontent. At the moment, you have so many worries because of your belief 'I am Chandulal'. This false imposition on the Self, is ignorance and brings forth suffering.
(2) BELIEFS: WRONG AND RIGHT
ingrained within you.
The first wrong belief is that 'I am Chandulal'. 'I am this woman's husband', is the second wrong belief. 'I am a Hindu', is the third wrong belief. 'I am a lawyer', is the fourth wrong belief. 'I am this boy's father', is the fifth wrong belief. 'I am an uncle', is the sixth wrong belief. 'I am fair-skinned', is the seventh wrong belief. 'I am forty-five years old, is the eighth wrong belief. 'I am a businessman', is also a wrong belief. If you say that "I am a taxpayer", then that is yet another wrong belief. How many such wrong beliefs do you have?
Questioner: Too many wrong beliefs.
Dadashri: Wherever you super-impose 'I', where I does not belong, that is a wrong belief. You have to get rid of all these wrong beliefs. How can you be happy with so many wrong beliefs? Now tell me. What kinds of beliefs make a man happy?
Questioner: The person who does not have any beliefs, is happy.
Dadashri: No, one cannot live without beliefs. But what you need is the right belief.
Questioner: Is it possible to be without any beliefs?
Dadashri: Suppose we want to go from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Instead, we take the road going to San Diego. Then do we not have to back track from San Diego to Los Angeles (our original place)? Likewise, it is important to keep this right belief in order to come back to our original place. Once you get rid of the wrong beliefs and keep the right belief for a while, you will arrive at your original place, after which there will no longer be a need to keep any beliefs. Then your work is done.
SO MANY WRONG BELIEFS Dadashri: The belief that I am Chandulal', does not go away, even in your sleep. And when you get married, people tell you, that you are this woman's husband. So, you accept the role of a husband, and act like one. After that, through repetition, you keep reinforcing the belief of being a husband. Is anyone a husband forever? If you get a divorce will you still be her husband? All these wrong beliefs have become deeply