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known or recognized the Real Soul, the original Soul, the Pure
Self (shuddhatma), so how can he be called the Pure Soul?
Yes, if you know and recognize the shuddhatma (achieved Self-
Realzation) and constantly remain in that state (of awareness of
your real identity) then you are Shuddhatma; but if you are
Chandulal and if this body is yours, then you are the pratisthit
atma. You did the pratistha (installation) of the ego and
attachment and therefore you are the pratisthit atma.
The Japanese manufactured a car, which would run like
a wind up toy. It was wound such that it would run five miles.
Four people (mind, intellect, chit and ego) sat in the car. The
winder is the designer of the car himself. They go to meet a
friend. They hardly travel a mile or so and on the way they meet
the person they were going to see. He calls out to them and
asks them to stop. But how can they stop when the car was
programmed to stop only after five miles?
Questioner : They would have to make a ‘U’ turn.
Dadashri : It is a matter of understanding. The driver is
told to stop, he cannot, he has no way to do so, because of
past life’s programming. The machinery within (antahkaran) keeps
turning round and round creating havoc because of the conflict.
Such is this world. Once the winding occurs, the driver
too has to keep going. You yourself have done the pratishtha
(charged karma and set things in motion) but during the discharge
(of karma), you become trapped.
It is the pratishthit atma that experiences through the five
senses. The one who hears, sees, feels touch, and smells etc.
is the pratishthit atma. The one that Knows and Sees what the
pratisthit atma experiences through the five senses is the
shuddhatma (pure Self). The knowledge acquired through the
senses is that of the pratisthit atma; and the knowledge