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of ‘station’ this is. There are so many kinds of such ‘stations’ but
you will not find the Soul via these stations. Those are not paths
for acquiring the Soul for liberation. These practices are not the
main goal, but stations that come on the way to the main goal.
They are canteens; stops along the way to the path of liberation!
If you become the Soul (through Self-realization), then you
become established in the Self (brahmanishtha), and then your
work is completed. Otherwise the Maharaj (the guru) himself
does not dwell in the Self, he is attached to the world, so how
is he going to be beneficial to you?
Brahma (the Self), is in everyone for sure, but they are all
attached to the world. Right now people have their attachment to
the world; they want to enjoy all the worldly pleasures. But the
Gnani Purush takes that attachment and places you in the Self,
thus fracturing the attachment to the world. It is only after this that
you arrive at the final destination and can walk around in bliss.
You do not achieve anything by wasting your time at the middle
stations. Not a single negative attribute of yours will go away.
How can any negative attribute go away when you have the
feeling, ‘I am Chandulal and this is my station?’ Vedanta too
proclaims, ‘Nothing can be achieved without the knowledge of
the Soul.’
What does this anahat naad (the silent sound) suggest? It
is paudgalik; it is physical and of the non-Self. What does it do
for the Soul? Nothing. It cannot be the Soul. If it was truly the
sound of the Soul, or even if it were related to the Soul
(anushangik), then no one or nothing in this world will bother
you. But it will bother you if it is of the non-self. Therefore,
should you not understand what this is all about?
Still, ‘we’ will not interfere with those who like to plunge
into this. For them it is correct. They are fine where they are at.
And they are fine in their beliefs until they attain the knowledge
of the Self.
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