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It can be called living (jiva) but not pure life, the Self (chetan).
My mahatmas have acquired the state of pure life i.e. it cannot
be called the pure Self (shuddha atma). Your body is nischetan
chetan and ‘You’ are pure consciousness.
Until you realize your state of pure consciousness, you
are nischetan chetan and so is everyone else, whether it be an
ascetic, a saint, sadhu (saint) or a sanyasi (recluse). Human
beings, animals, trees, souls in hell and celestial beings are all
nischetan chetan and therefore they are all ‘tops’. As long as
you have not realized your pure Self, as long as you have not
encountered a Gnani Purush to help you realize your pure Self,
you are nischetan chetan.
I am the Lord of the universe wielding no ownership or
authority because ‘I’ am pure consciousness in the manifest
human form.
Whatever the situations or circumstances, they are all
nischetan chetan and the real You is pure consciousness. Every
circumstance is to be observed and known and must be
immediately settled without any raag or dwesh (sambhaav,
equanimity). You should know how to bring about a quick
resolution to all circumstances because if you get caught in any
of them, you will have suffering and lose joy. Nishchetan chetan
is under the control of some other entity. In nishchetan chetan
there is internal and external turmoil, mental agitation and
restlessness and anxiety (aadhi), physical ailment (vyadhi) and
externally induced problems (upadhi); whereas in pure Chetan
there is bliss and samadhi (absence of adhi, vyadhi and upadhi).
It is the nishchetan chetan that experiences worries and anxiety
but because one believes the nischetan chetan as being one’s
real identity, worries ensue. That which endures suffering created
through the mind, physical ailments or suffering imposed by
others, is all nischetan chetan. Speaking from the perspective of