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lives up there, above us.
Dadashri : So do you believe what others tell you?
Should you not question this for yourself? I will tell you the
correct address of God. God is in every creature, whether
visible or invisible. There are infinite life forms between you and
me, which are not visible even through a microscope, and God
resides in them too. God resides as energy in all living beings,
and within me, he is fully manifest. He is the effulgent light fully
manifest within me. He is the fully manifest Supreme Soul within.
There is tremendous light within. The person you see before
you is Ambalal Muljibhai Patel of Bhadran (a town in Gujarat),
who is a contractor by profession and that which has manifest
within A. M. Patel is Dada Bhagwan. This is a tremendous and
phenomenal surprise! But how are you to understand this? This
body is the outer packing and the One within is God. Similarly
your packing belongs to Chandulal and within resides God. The
outer packing of that animal is a donkey and God is within.
People are foolish when they curse a donkey if it crosses their
path, but they don’t realize that the God within takes note of
their condemnation, and consequently they will have to endure
one birth as a donkey themselves. The outer packing can be
anything. It can be that of a mango tree or anything else. What
do the merchants and shopkeepers pay importance to, the outer
package or the goods within?
Questioner : The goods within.
Dadashri : Yes, of what use is the packing anyway?
We are only concerned with the contents are we not? Some
packing may be rotten or torn but the content within is pure,
is it not?
From the time this Gnan manifested within me, I have not
identified myself with this body of Ambalal Muljibhai even for
a moment.