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according to the Gnani. It is the basis of the world’s existence.
Liberation can only be achieved upon the demise of this ego.
The foundation of life exists on the belief of ‘I am’. ‘I am pure
Soul’ is the purity of the ego and it is the only instrument that
leads to liberation. All other forms of ego are instruments for
future births.
It is ego to impose the belief of ‘I am’ on the non-Self
(achetan - inanimate). It is not considered an ego to believe ‘I
am the pure Self’ (chetan - animate). ‘I am’, means there is
existence. Therefore you have a right to say, ‘I am’. But you do
not have the awareness of where you are and you do not have
the right to identify your existence with the non-Self. You have
absolutely no awareness of who you are. Once this realization
is acquired, salvation is yours.
No one has the power to do anything and yet the world
goes on functioning. It is merely an ego to claim that you are the
doer. Until you acquire the realization of the Self, you are just
like a wound up toy.
The Most Important Thing To Renounce
God has said that you need not renounce anything in
order to achieve liberation. Only the ego and attachment need
to be renounced, and when you do this, you will have done it
all. ‘I’ is the ego and ‘my’ is attachment. I make you renounce
both, the ‘I’ and the ‘my’, when I make you realize your pure
Self (Gnan). As I make you renounce, do you know what I
make you acquire? Your Pure Self. Thereafter the question of
renunciation-acquisition never arises. Any and all renunciation is
for the annihilation of the ego. I take away your ego so then
where is its existence? It is placed in the original location of its
existence. Its existence is only in one place and that is where I
place the ego.
If you resolve to wake up at five in the morning, you can