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people do instead? They are not able to enjoy the circumstance,
which is present in front of them, and they run after those, which
are not, in a bewildered state. In the process they lose both of
them. Graciously enjoy the meal that is directly in front of you.
Then it is discharged for good. The court is still far away; it is
not in front of you, so why run after it? Accomplish your work
according to the circumstances present in front of you. If you
do not get your work accomplished when you are in front of a
Gnani Purush, then it would defeat the very purpose of your
existence on this earth. Who else would give you such a
straightforward and correct understanding? Only the One, who
is established as the Self, can do so.
This ‘Gnani Purush’ is the instrument (nimit) of the highest
circumstance for all the living beings of this world.
‘To him who is simple and spontaneous comes knocking
at the door of liberation, the Absolute embodied.’
Those who are close to achieving liberation, effortlessly
get the opportunity of coming in contact with the best instrument,
a Gnani Purush. Liberation is extremely easy to attain, but a
contact with the liberator is extremely rare. The rarity of such
an opportunity is beyond all words.
You have come having wandered through every life form
and yet you have not found true happiness anywhere. All the
while you have done nothing but wailed and roared with your
ego. You have the desire to be free but you cannot find the
path. Such a path is extremely rare. A circumstance for a meeting
with a Gnani Purush is extremely rare indeed. All other
circumstances will come together and disperse, but the
circumstance of a meeting with the Gnani Purush is the only
one, which will give you permanent bliss. Now all you have to
do is get your work done for your liberation. An ardent desire
to remain near a Gnani Purush brings forth extraordinary power,