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the Self - Gnan, there is no life outside the Self. All are nischetan
chetan, whoever or whatever they may be. In the term ‘nischetan
chetan’, ‘nischetan’ is the adjective. In the term lifeless life,‘
lifeless’ is the adjective.
It is out of illusion that one says ‘I am Chandulal’. The
real ‘I’ is the pure Self but one imposes himself to be where he
is not, hence nischetan chetan, lifeless life, continues to arise.
Until this illusion is destroyed, one has to live as the falsely
imposed state of ‘Chandulal’. Once the awareness of ‘I am
pure Soul’ is established, then the lifeless - nischetan, can never
become one with the pure Self. The pure Chetan can only be
understood when one acquires the pure Self, and only then
does one become free from the responsibility of the ensuing
consequence of the state of doership, which is creation of new
karma.
As the karmas unfold, those who identify themselves with
the nischetan chetan continue to become free from their liability
from past life but at the same time they also create new liability
for the next life.
Desire
Desire is a burning fire. It will not extinguish until the
desire is fulfilled. The Lord has said that desire is an obstructing
karma. The only desire worth having is a desire for liberation
and for a Gnani Purush; such desires will not cause any
obstructions. All other desires will continue to scorch you. They
are fire-incarnate. People look for water to put it out but instead,
end up putting petrol (kashaya) over it. Even before a single
desire is fulfilled, another one springs up. They keep coming,
one after another, in succession. The natural law says that
whatever desires you have will certainly be fulfilled, but nothing
will be accomplished by constantly thinking about them. On the
contrary it causes more entanglements. The desires that come