Who Am I

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

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Who Am I?
Who Am I?
Questioner: Then the purpose of my human birth is fulfilled. What more can I ask for?
Dadashri: Yes, completely fulfilled. That which you cannot find through efforts of countless lifetimes, I will give you in just one hour. Then you will feel that you have achieved your goal as a human being. You cannot achieve this even after a thousand lifetimes' worth of effort. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DISPELL
THE DARKNESS? Questioner: Many different ways to attain SelfRealization have been described in the Vedic scriptures. One has to achieve the qualities: Vivek (discrimination), vairagya (renunciation/ loss of interest in worldly things) and mumukshata (intense desire to know one's true Self). But all of these require time and effort. Then, how is it possible to receive this Gnan in such a short time?
Dadashri: It does not take time to receive Gnan. It is like turning on a flashlight in pitch darkness. The light will appear instantly. Likewise, it takes no time at all for a Gnani Purush to dispel ignorance with the light of Knowledge (Gnan). After that you will not stumble.
Questioner: Should one be spiritually elevated to receive this Gnan?
Dadashri: Man has reached this spiritual level many times over in past lives. Because of ignorance of his real Self, he has been led astray by his ego. As he has progressed to a higher spiritual level, his ego has become heavier. He has practiced much vairaagya and vivek, but that has only served to enhance his feelings of superiority, through this sense of spiritual accomplishment. Why does all this happen? He still keeps on stumbling. Even as he continues to stumble, he keeps
on saying, "I am something". He has undertaken many spiritual practices, but he has not attained the realization of his real Self.
Your astitva (the knowledge that you exist) is there. There is no doubt about this fact. You do not have the knowledge of vastutva (the knowledge of who you are), but you have the knowledge that you 'are'. When the Gnani Purush washes away your sins, you will have the knowledge of vastutva (SelfRealization). Once you attain Self-Realization, you will automatically progress towards purnatva - the fully SelfRealized state. Then you do not have to do anything and you will be independent. The only difference will be the direction of your vision'. At this moment, all of you are looking in one direction, while I am looking in the other. All I do, is change the direction of your vision' (drashtipher). This is the task of a Gnani Purush. Without Divine Grace it is not possible. THE LINE OF DEMARCATION BETWEEN
THE SELF AND THE NON-SELF
It is because of Akram Vignan that you are able to achieve this samkit state (Realization of the Self) in such a short time. In these times, it is impossible to achieve this state of samkit through the traditional Kramic marg. Akram Vignan is the Science, which draws an exact line of demarcation between that which is you and that which is not yours; the Real and the relative. It clearly defines their properties and characteristics. As a result of this exact demarcation, the result is immediate and experiential. In the Kramic marg, this line of demarcation is not clearly defined, and therefore, it is very difficult to reach the goal. Once this distinction is made, the Real will never be relative and the relative, will never become Real. Unless they are separated, they cannot stay within their own natures.