Aptavani-4
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Aptavani - 4
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Awakened Awareness
May One Be Aware of His Unchanging Nature
The pratishthit atma arises when the ‘I am’ is instilled in
the non-Self; where there is no Self. The self here, is completely
void of the chetan (life energy). It is mechanical chetan (life
energy). It is not the real Self. It is just ‘machinery’ that will die
without fuel. The entire machinery will stop even if you do not
allow it to breathe. The mechanical chetan (non-Self complex)
is by nature, unsteady and ever-changing. The real chetan, the
Self that is within, is constant and stable. It has never become
unstable: it is as it is. It is itself God; the Lord of the three worlds
(lokas). But only if one realizes this! If one were to realize one’s
own Self, one could even be able to experience the same bliss
that the Lord of the three worlds enjoys. However, people are
in a state of unawareness (ajagruti). It is all a state of
unawareness.
Wake Up from Bhaavnindra
The entire world is in bhaavnindra. Bhaavnindra means
to be asleep and unaware of the Self. The other type of sleep
is the physical sleep (dehanindra), where one sleeps and one
also does not have the awareness of the Self. In the latter, one
is asleep, both to the Self and the non-Self. During physical
sleep, a person is not aware of his body. He becomes aware of
his body when he wakes up; however he is still unaware of the
Self (bhaavnindra). He continually harms himself while in this