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I and My
“Separate ‘I’ and ‘My’ with the Gnani’s ‘separator’. ‘I’
is immortal. ‘My’ is mortal.”
~ Gnani Purush Dadashri
Wherever there is the attachment of ‘My,’ if that
attachment is removed, then in the end the absolute ‘I’ is found.
“‘I’ is God and ‘My’ is illusion.”
~ Gnani Purush Dadashri
The Gnani establishes the line of demarcation between
‘I’ and ‘My.’
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Memory Is Dependent on Raag-Dwesh
Memory is dependent on attachment-abhorrence (raag-
dwesh). One will feel harassment from the memory of attachment
or abhorrence.
The one, who has no memory of anything other than of
the Self, is Vitarag. Because the Gnani is always established in
the Self, he has no memory of the world, but he can ‘see’
everything in his vision. Memory is the energy of the non-Self
complex (pudgal). Vision (darshan) is the energy of the Self.
That which comes in the memory is acquisition (parigraha).
However, if the Gnani comes in one’s memory, that attachment
(raag) is prashasta raag (attachment of the highest quality). It
is this attachment that will remove the ‘My-ness’ (mamata)
from the world, and place it into the Gnani. Therefore, that
attachment becomes the reason for moksha.
When there is no attachment for those who offer flowers,
and no abhorrence for those who utter obscenities, it is called
equanimity (samata). The intention to remain in equanimity
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