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(raag and dwesh) occur only when the Self (Soul) becomes
involved in the attraction and repulsion. If however, the Self
remains separate, then there is no interaction with the prakruti.
The electrical body within our physical body creates a magnetic
field and this magnetism causes attraction in the body. Then one
says, “I am attracted!” If you were the one that is being
attracted, why then do you become attracted against your
wishes?
After ‘We’ make you realize the Self; anger, pride, illusion
and greed no longer remain, but you will have to understand this
in clear detail. This is because the pure Self that ‘We’ have given
you never becomes one (tanmayakar) with the non-self
complex. Nonetheless, because of lack of precise understanding
and because of slipping from one’s state (vyaktitva), there is a
minor interference (dakhal) which results in an effect (dakho).
The effect arises only because of the departure of the Self from
its original place. One must not leave the Self. The harm that
occurs from the Self leaving its place is that one blocks one’s
bliss and an effect is seemingly perceived. In reality the Self that
‘We’ have given you, never moves away, even a bit. It remains
exactly the same, as the continuous conviction (pratiti) of ‘I am
Shuddhatma (pure Soul).’
After this Gnan, the link (tanto, tant) that perpetuated the
kashays is severed. This very link is called anger, pride, illusion
and greed. The one in whom this link is destroyed, these
kashays are destroyed too. The kashays become destitute
(without support) because ‘We’ remove the very foundation on
which they base their support. The Lord has said, “The world
exists on the support of ignorance.” What about the rituals
(kriya) and actions, are they correct or incorrect? The Lord has
said, “Kriya is neither right nor wrong, the support of the
worldly life will fall away on its own once ignorance is
removed.” You can make efforts towards developing good
habits and destroying bad ones but neither the good nor the bad