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example as in elephants and ants. I have seen the ants, dragging a grain of sugar at four o’ clock in the morning. But the elephant lives in intoxication of grandeur.
Release From Dehadhyas:‘ I Am This Body’
Everyone in the world is stuck in the belief of‘ I am this body’. They may claim‘ this body is not mine’, or‘ this mind is not mine’, but if someone were to call them stupid, they would not be able to sleep the whole night. This identification with the body cannot be broken until one acquires the knowledge of the Self.‘ I am Chandulal’,‘ I am his uncle’,‘ I am her husband’ or‘ I am a father’ are all connected to the belief of‘ I am the body’. Unless this belief is broken, subtle and gross attachments remain along with the good and bad. The belief of‘ I am the body’ breaks the moment one gets the exact realization of‘ I am the pure Soul’. After Self-realization, even if one’ s only son were to die, no feelings of gloom and grief would ensue. No sense of right or wrong or any duality would prevail.
Just as the sense of‘ I am the body’ had become established, the awareness of‘ I am pure Soul’ should become established. This awareness should prevail even during deep sleep. With the knowledge that I bestow upon you, the belief of‘ I am the pure Soul’ will prevail in every circumstance. This knowledge is exclusive and extraordinary. Just as the curd and the whey remain separate after the yogurt has been churned, so do the body and the Self, after Gnan.
Gnanis of the past had undergone the severest of penance and suffering. They put their bodies through severe penance under the premise that if the Soul is the real‘ I,’ then it matters little what happens to the physical body.
Three Stages Of The Body There are three stages of the body: childhood, youth and