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is why it appears that there is happiness there. But how long will
this state of stillness remain? The chit will then go somewhere
else and project happiness there and the happiness it perceived
in the former situation turns into misery. This is because in the
final analysis all forms of external happiness result in unhappiness.
The intellect will not refrain from imposing its decision that there
is no happiness but misery in the last situation, and so the chit
wanders again. There is no end to this wandering. This wandering
ceases when the chit returns home, to the Self. When it
experiences real happiness, the bliss of the Self, all other
imaginary happiness automatically become bland. There after,
that which wanders is the impure chit and that, which observes
and knows the impure chit as it is, is the Pure Chit. The phases
of the impure chit then gradually decrease until they completely
cease to exist. Thereafter only the phases of the absolutely Pure
Chit remain and that is Keval Gnan (Absolute Knowledge).
The Gnani Purush does not touch the impure chit but
helps you taste your own eternal bliss, the root of endless bliss
that is within you. Consequently upon finding its own abode, the
Self is attained, which is none other than the Pure Chit. The
shuddha chit is shuddhatma, the pure Self. As this pure chit
goes on observing exclusively the pure in everybody, the impure
chitvruttis grow weaker and weaker until they are no more,
after which only the absolute pure chit remains. This is Absolute
Knowledge.
Only the Gnani Can Bestow The Pure Self
(Shuddhatma)
All the worldly religions are struggling to purify the impure
chit. This is like washing dirty laundry with soap. The soap will
remove the dirt from the clothes but will leave its own residue
behind. One will then use Tinopol (bleaching soap) to remove
the residue of the soap and the Tinopol in turn will leave its own
residue behind. In this manner each medium of stain remover