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transcending the senses is Shuddhatma. The knowledge of the
pratisthit atma is indirect and limited and the knowledge of
Shuddhatma is direct and unlimited. The energies charged by
pratisthit atma are being discharged in this life. At the end both
the pratisthit atma and the Shuddhatma will separate at the
same time. At the time of moksha, final liberation, even though
the pure Soul is formless, it takes on two-thirds of the form of
the final body. In this world, all transactions of give and take
whether gross or subtle, belong to the pratisthit atma. In reality
no one can be robbed nor can anyone rob. All these are mere
dealings of give and take of the pratishtha (charging energies)
done by the pratisthit atma.
If you hurt the pratisthit atma, you commit tremendous
sin. Why? Because the other person believes, that is who he is.
He has superimposed his identity with it. Say if you were to
burn this table, you would not commit a paap (karma of demerit)
if the table had no owner, but if someone has projected his
ownership on that table with ‘this is my table’, then you have
committed paap. Attachment is created during the time one
becomes the enjoyer or the sufferer. During the time of
enjoyment, feeling and belief of ‘My-ness’ or ‘this is mine’, ‘I
am enjoying,’ is being superimposed on the subject being
enjoyed. The same holds true for suffering endured with feelings
of ‘I am in pain, I am suffering’. The baggage within is nothing
but the result of attachment created during the state of enjoyment
or suffering. Consequently the kind of fruits you reap depends
upon the kind of projection (prathista) you did. If you projected
happiness in it, you will experience happiness and if you projected
unhappiness; you will experience unhappiness. The current likes
and dislikes you experience are the results of your past pratistha.
The pure Soul has never been the enjoyer, the sufferer or the
doer of anything. To be the enjoyer or the sufferer (vedak)
means attachment. Vedak means attachment. ‘Shuddhatma’ (pure