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One’s own wrong belief of ‘I am Chandubhai’ arises!
With this wrong belief karma is created. The pudgal (non-Self
complex) alone cannot create karma. It requires the Atma’s
presence. The ego that arises because of the presence of the
Atma (Self) is doing the work. All this ends when the ego is
‘fractured’. The ego binds karma, and Nature frees you from
karma. Nature frees you from karma when the timing is right,
and when all the other ‘evidences’ come together. When you are
being freed from that karma, the ego suffers (bhogavey) it and
binds a new karma.
Who Removes That Ego?
Questioner: Do you mean to say that the Atma (Self)
binds (‘charges’) and ‘discharges’ karma through the body
complex (pudgal)?
Dadashri: No, it is not like that. The Self has absolutely
no involvement in this. In fact, the Self is free. It is independent.
It is the ego, which has been created through a false imposition
(of ‘I am Chandubhai’) that binds karma, and it is the ego that
experiences the fruits of karma. You are Shuddhatma (the pure
Soul), and yet you claim ‘I am Chandubhai’. To claim to be
what you are not, is called the ego. This is the false imposition
of the ego. Egoism is to usurp someone else’s space and call it
your own. When this ego departs, You can return to Your own
place.
Questioner: Can we get rid of our ego through our own
efforts, or does it happen naturally?
Dadashri: You cannot get rid of it completely, however,
you can up to a certain extent. When you wash clothes with
soap, the soap will leave its residue behind on the clothes. Then
Tinopal (stain-remover) will leave its residue behind if you try to
remove the soap residue with it; the final residue will not come
out on its own. You need a Gnani Purush to remove the final