Who Am I

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

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Who Am I?
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Who Am I?
ask the same question for five days and get the same answer, I know you have attained the Soul. I have the key to your liberation, so that even if you complain or protest, I would not listen. KNOWLEDGE THROUGH SCRIPTURES KNOWLEDGE THROUGH EXPERIENCE
The Gnan that you have acquired encompasses the essence of all our scriptures. Whatever is said in the scriptures is correct. Akram Vignan is all that is above and beyond the scriptures. The scriptures describe the Soul but they do not mention its qualities and characteristics. You are only able to acquire the Soul because I give you its complete description. Whatever positive attributes you acquire in the kramic path, you may acquire only a corresponding fraction of the Soul, but not the spontaneous awareness of it. One has to remind oneself of that awareness in the Kramic path, but in the Akram path, the awareness is spontaneous and natural. It is there even when you wake up in the middle of the night. Things you have to make an effort to remember fall under the category of the body-matter (pudgal). You do not have to remember the Soul. Once your Real nature as the Soul has been realized, you do not have to make any efforts to remember it. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INTERIM
GOVERNMENT After the Gnan, the state of Shuddhatma is attained. However, the state of Paramatma (Supreme-fully realized state) has not yet been attained. That which achieved is the interim state, the partially realized Self (antaratma).
Questioner: What is the state of the partially realized Self like?
Dadashri: This antaratma, the interim state of the Self has a dual role. One is to settle the worldly affairs and the other is for the acquisition of final Moksha. That means to deal with all your 'files' (Dadashri has used the term 'file for anything and anybody that one has to deal with after Gnan), with equanimity and meditate on the Pure Self. Once all the files have been dealt with, the state of the Supreme Self (Paramatma) is attained. The function of antaratma is to deal with file number one (the worldly person Chandulal) and other files. I am Shuddhatma and file number one, Chandulal, has to settle the accounts of all his worldly files with equanimity.
Questioner: Is this only for those who have received Gnan?
Dadashri: Yes, only those who have received the Gnan, acquire the antaratma. Antaratma is the interim government'. Once all the files have been dealt with, with equanimity, a full Government will be established. Full government is the Absolute Self. YOU CAN ONLY SAY IT AFTER
REALIZATION Questioner: If we say, "I am Pure Soul", does it not amount to an expression of ego?
Dadashri: No. If other people say it, then it is an expression of ego. We have all decidedly realized that we are Pure Soul and so it is not egoism to talk about what you are.
Many people can say, "I am Pure Soul", but it would be like someone telling you that he will give you $500 in his sleep. Would you believe him? It would be different if he were wideawake while making the offer. There is no meaning in saying