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everyone, then you will do so. But upon slightest provocation,
your anger, pride, deceit and greed will come forth. These
worshippers have not attained even a speck of what you, the
mahatmas have attained. This is a tremendous Gnan! It is a
science. You can see the Self in everyone because you have
attained the Self scientifically. The worshippers sing, “You are
that” and the Gnan you have attained is, “I am that.” In the state
of ‘You are that’, there is a separation between the bhagat
(devotee) and Bhagwan (God). What is gained from this state
of intellectual separation? Akha Bhagat has said:
‘Jo tu jeev to karta Hari, Jo tu Shiva to vastu khari.’
“If you are jiva then God is the doer, if you are Shiva (Self)
then that is the true thing.”
You become the Supreme Self (Parmatma) if the separation
between jiva (embodied self) and Shiva (The Self) is destroyed.
Your work can be done if your intellect stops creating divisions
(when you acquire abheda buddhi).
Vyavahar of the Gnani versus a devotee
‘Thou art, Thou art ((Tu hi Tu hi),’ leads to worldly life.
All the renowned worshippers (bhaktas) were under the
influence of the ego, ‘I am Chandulal.’ This led to constant
easiness-uneasiness (akudata-vyakudata) within. Bliss exists
only in the realm of the Self. This bliss (nirakudata) is beyond
the relative state which fluctuates between easiness and uneasiness.
When the worshippers become engrossed in their devotional
activities (bhakti) they become filled with glee and cheer, and
they become depressed and withdrawn when misery befalls
them. Such worshippers are considered crazy and whimsical in
the eyes of the world; there is no telling when they will become
crazy! When Narsinh Mehta’s wife was dying, he was invited to
sing devotional songs by a gathering of Krishna devotees and so
he went readily. They sang bhajans and did kirtan (chanting)
bhakti whole night. In the morning a man came and informed