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Worldly Religion Keeps You in Duality
‘Relative’ religions create dualities, but ‘this’ (Akram),
however is the ‘real’ path. This here, takes you beyond all
duality. If there was such a thing as a true ‘shop’ for religion,
then it would be well and good, but these just lead you astray,
so what good are they? They say, ‘Realize the Self.’ So you say,
‘Even my father told me to do the same, and that is why I have
come to you so that you can help me realize it.’ But wherever
you go they bathe you with cold water on a cold winter’s day.
Without ever having learned a single word about Atmagnan
(knowledge of the Self), here sits one who has become a gnani.
How can you call someone a Gnani when his anger, pride,
deceit and greed are alive and kicking? You would call someone
a Gnani if he has no pravrutti (worldly activity). He does not
possess anger, pride, deceit and greed. The one who has
become vitarag is considered a Gnani. This intellect that
creates division (bhed buddhi) has arisen because of the
physical eyes! It even creates differences of ‘you and I’ between
two brothers. It will create differences even between a husband
and a wife, so that when they quarrel, it is ‘you’ and ‘I’! This
is how the ‘relative’ life is; it will not end until it crushes you
completely and brings you (your ego) to zero. ‘Relative’ religion
causes division (bhed); whereas ‘real’ religion carries you all the
way, without creating any division. It stays abheda (as one).
All ‘relative’ religions are considered worldly religions
(laukik). They do not take you to moksha. They will always tell
you to do things, ‘do this or this, or to do that’. They make you
do things. You are not the ‘doer’. Nevertheless, they will keep
you in ‘doership’; whilst ‘we’ do not tell you to do anything, and
that is why this is called an alaukik (beyond the world) religion.
Anyone that comes here, will surely attain moksha. That is why
‘we’ first ask him, “Do you want moksha? Do you want to get
rid of your ‘disease’?” And then if he wants to, ‘we’ will perform
the ‘operation’ (separation of the Self and the non-Self). If he