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Aptavani-5
Niyati is a different thing altogether. Niyati means the flow of
progress of all embodied souls of this world. This is flowing
according to some rules of niyati; however there are many other
causes too, e.g. time, space, etc.
Sat Chit Anand
Questioner: How can one attain purity of the chit?
Dadashri: You are purifying the chit, are you not?
People interpret the meaning of chit in their own language. They
believe the chit to be something entirely different. The chit is
that bhaav (intent) that arises from the union of knowledge
(gnan) and vision (darshan). To purify the chit means to purify
knowledge and vision (gnan and darshan). What can you call
the Shuddhatma (the pure Self)? You can call it ‘shuddha
chidroop’. The One whose knowledge and vision have become
pure (shuddha), that is the Self and that verily is the shuddha
chidroop.
Questioner: Is that what we call ‘Sacchidanand’ (sat-
chit-anand)?
Dadashri: Sat Chit Anand is a state of experience and
this Shuddhatma is a state of conviction and awareness.
Shuddhatma and shuddha chidroop are the same things. Your
chit becomes completely pure when I give You knowledge of
the Self. Now, only the intellect will bother you. You have to be
careful there and turn the intellect around with respect. There is
no ego where there the Self is. To say ‘I’ in the wrong place,
‘I am Chandubhai’, is ego and to say, ‘I’ in the main place (the
Self) is not considered ego. It is a nirvikalp place – a void of
vikalp, ‘I am’ (ego).
When differences of ‘Me-and-you’ arise within a human
being; that is when one binds karmas. Do animals ever say, ‘I
am Chandubhai’? They do not have any problems, do they?
Therefore, it is this aropit bhaav (the wrong belief, ‘I am