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of varying standards. Everyone finds an appropriate standard
depending upon his or her spiritual development. However for
the real religion, religion of the Self, you will have to go ‘out of
standard’. Only after having passed and accepting all the
standards, does one become the supreme Self!
How can there be liberation for the one who
takes sides?
Jainism, Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Swaminarayans, Islam,
Christianity are all relative religions; they are religions of
‘standards’. They are religions of different viewpoints. Whatever
one sees according to his viewpoint, he accepts it as being
correct and gets entrenched in it. When is liberation attained? It
is when absolute vision is attained? When is real knowledge
attained? This happens when there is no conflict of opinion with
anyone in this entire world and when there is no partiality
towards any being. The one who is partial can never attain
moksha. Why does one become partial? People with ego create
sides to support their ego, whereas the impartial Gnani unites
everyone. The Gnanis are always impartial; the vitarag Lords
(fully enlightened supreme beings who have no attachment to
their relative self or the world) are always impartial. They have
no partiality towards any race or creed; they are absolutely and
perfectly impartial. They have oneness with everyone; even with
the minutest living thing.
All beings are ‘packings’ (packages) of one kind or
another. There are all varieties of packing but within them
resides the Self. The ‘material’ within, i.e. the soul within
everyone is exactly the same. However, divisive intellect has
arisen because of the external differences. The Gnani does not
look at the packing at all; he only sees the ‘material’ within. He
constantly sees the soul in the person in front of him. The
Gnani’s vision is the vision that sees only the soul (atma
drashti). Divisiveness and segregation remains because of the
vision that sees only the packages and that is the reason the