Aptavani-1
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The souls that are in an unidentifiable state (avyavahar
rashi) always remain with the pratishthit soul. These are souls
(jivas), which have not yet been identified and given names
(categorized). When a soul attains a manifested state (vyvahar
Rashi), it is given an identity and a name and thereafter begins
it’s vyavasthit (cosmic progression).
The inner psychic instrument (antahkaran) belongs to the
pratishthit atma but it is distinct from it. The pratishthit atma is
distinct from the mind, intellect, chit and ego. When the mind
wants to do something and the pratishthit atma says no, it will
not get done. Intention (bhaav) belongs to pratishthit atma; the
pure Soul (Shuddhatma) is just an Observer and the Knower
of these. Desire that arises within, calls for the working of the
pratishthit soul. The Pure Soul is merely the Knower and the
Observer of whether the pratishthit soul becomes one with the
mind or not. Even a person without Self-realization, with yoga,
derives certain powers by keeping pratishthit atma and the mind
separate.
After acquiring Self-realization, you stop doing pratishtha
(false projection). Your worldly life continues because of
previously done pratishtha. After Self-realization there is no
ego (charging ego) in the words you utter. It is indeed a
wonder that new ‘creations’ cease to take place. If pratishtha
is halted even for just one lifetime, it is a great achievement.
What is the difference between the pratishthit atma of a Gnani
and that of an agnani (person without Gnan)? The ‘I’ in a
Gnani refers to only the Pure Self and it means only for the
pure Self whereas the ‘I’ in the agnani person refers only to
the pratishthit atma. For the Gnani, the Knower that knows
everything as the non-self is the pure Soul. The Gnani knows
even pratishthit atma to be the non-Self. But in the one with
agnan (ignorance of the real Self), the knower of the non-self
is the pratishthit soul.