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comparing Brahmaswaroop with Shuddhatma (the pure Self)?
Actually, each and everyone is a Self. Therefore the Souls that
are liberated (gone to Siddha Kshetra; the ultimate location for
all liberated Souls) experience the bliss of liberation, and those
that are bound experience happiness of bondage. If there were
only one Self, then the one in moksha and the one here would
enjoy the happiness of moksha. Therefore, every living being is
a Self; they are all individually separate. And even in the Siddha
Kshetra they are all individual entities. What is the point of going
to moksha if only one went there? Should you give all your
wealth to the one? You will constantly experience the bliss of the
Self when You are in siddhagati. If you were meant to become
one with all the other souls over there, then what is wrong with
staying here instead? At least the wife will cook wonderful things
to eat! The worst that can happen is that she will scold you.
What other problem do you have here?
The Mystery Behind All that Is Discharging
What the Gnani Purush is saying is that both eating and
drinking are galan (output, discharge, effect). But the world
understands them to be puran (intake, charging, or cause),
because what they see through their senses is what they consider
to be the truth. But that truth is completely different from the real
truth. You have some control or energy over charging (puran),
but not complete control. One can have control and energy if he
attains knowledge of the Self, but not otherwise; or if he attains
matignan (mind based or perceptual knowledge), he has at
least that much control and energy because matignan is a base
for control. Matignan (mind based or perceptual knowledge),
shrutgnan (literal knowledge) and avadhignan (visual or
clairvoyance knowledge) are all foundations of energy and
control (bhaav satta).
The world calls it puran (filling) when they earn money
and galan (discharge or effect, emptying) when it is spent. In
reality, earning and spending are both galan (discharge or