Who Am I

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

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Who Am I?
will only find worthless things. Nobody has ever attained Moksha through effort.
Questioner: Is it possible to give or take Moksha?
Dadashri: Moksha is not something you give or take. But you do need a nimit (Gnani is your nimit, i.e. he becomes instrumental in the process of your acquiring Moksha), Moksha is naimittic (acquired through an 'instrument'). Your meeting me is also a naimittic process. In reality, there is no giver and there is no taker of Moksha. What is the definition of a giver? If you give something that belongs to you, then you are called a giver. When you give something to someone, you are actually relinquishing its possession. Moksha, however, is your birthright. I am just instrumental in making you aware of your 'real Self" through Gnan. I am merely an instrument. I cannot give you something that is already yours. I am not the giver and you are not the taker.
MOKSHA MEANS ETERNAL BLISS
Questioner: What is the point of acquiring Moksha?
Dadashri: Some people tell me that they do not want Moksha. I would tell them that it is not a necessity for them to want Moksha. But do they at least want happiness?
People do not understand what Moksha really is. They just use the word Moksha. They are under the impression that Moksha has a particular location, and that once reached, they will be enjoying it. But it is not like that.
TWO STAGES OF MOKSHA
Questioner: Ordinarily, by Moksha we mean release or freedom from the cycles of birth and death.
Dadashri: Yes it is true, but that is the final stage of liberation. It is the secondary stage. The first stage of Moksha is where you experience a sense of neutrality towards your problems and miseries; one experiences indifference towards any worldly unhappiness. One even remains unaffected amidst any worldly happiness. In the midst of oopadhi (suffering imposed upon you by others or external factors) you experience samadhi (to be free from suffering and to experience the state of one's own bliss). That is the first stage of Moksha. The second stage of Moksha-permanent Moksha- is attained after one's death. The first stage of Moksha should be attained here and now. I experience this first stage of Moksha all the time. Moksha should be such, that even while one lives amongst the worldly things, one remains unaffected by them. That is the Moksha one must strive for; where there is no bondage of any kind. Such a stage of Moksha is possible through Akram Vignan!
EXPERIENCING MOKSHA IN DAILY LIVING
Questioner: Is such freedom or Moksha experienced while one is living (jeevanmukti) or is it the freedom that comes after death?
Dadashri: What is the point of having freedom after you are dead? This is how people become conned into promises of Moksha after death and become trapped. What use is o you a pending Moksha in this life? You need to be able to experience or get a taste of it right here, and right now. Otherwise how can one be sure whether there is such a thing as moksha? Moksha after death is like borrowed Moksha. One cannot depend upon things that are borrowed. You need to have the Moksha in your hands, like ready cash. You should be able to