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Aptavani-2
Dwaitadwaita : The Self is beyond all states
of duality and non-duality
Questioner : Is it true what many say that the Self is
adwaita (non-dual) in this world?
Dadashri : They say that, but they have not attained the
vision of non-duality (adwaita) so it is a grave mistake and a
fault to say that the Soul is adwaita. The Soul is a completely
different thing. All these talks are mere reference to non-dualism;
where does their non-duality go when someone insults them or
robs them? That is when you realize whether they have attained
the Self or not. Fearlessness and independence arises in those
who have attained the Self, but nevertheless the bhaav of one
saying that, ‘I am adwaita, I am Chandulal,’ is the relative self
speaking and not the Self. I am separate from God, keeps one
entrenched in the relative self and there are many such people
in India. They do not have the experience of the Self, they
simply talk. Everyone is caught up in sectarianism. The Jains are
caught up in duality, the Vedantis are in non-duality and they
claim, “I am the Atma and I am pure.” If that is so, then why
do they bother going to temples? Why do they read scriptures?
These people are involved in a one-track (ekantik) belief of
non-duality and others are involved in a singular belief of duality.
‘Only if I do it, will it get done’ or ‘I have to suffer because I
lost my temper, do I not?’ People are possessed with ‘ghosts’
of all kinds and from that they have started all kinds of business
i.e. different philosophies and paths like Vishishtadwaita,
Shuddhadwaita, etc. Here I meet people believing in non-duality
and I have to ask them, “If you are a believer of non-duality then
what you are doing here?” They say they want to know the Self.