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chetan. It is not exactly the pure Chetan (the Self). Many
people try to make it still. Hey you! Why are you doing that?
Discover your Self. The Self is already still. Why are you making
a habit of trying to still this that is restless by nature? This
nischetan chetan is inherently unsteady. The very meaning of
mechanical means it is in motion. People are trying to stabilize
that which is naturally unstable and restless; how wrong a path
they are following! That is why they have been wandering for
countless lives.
There are two things in this world: one is still (achar) and
the other is moving (sachar). This body is sachar-achar
(mixture of the moving and the still). The world too is sachar-
achar; it has unmoving as well as moving divisions. The moving
part is the mechanical part; it is the non-Self part, and the non-
moving part is the Self. So one can find a solution if he
understands this, otherwise he will not be able to solve the
problem in a million lifetimes. He may do penance (tapa) and
renounce (tyaag) for millions of years but he will not attain
anything.
The natural state of the Self is that it does not need
anything; it is already in a state of renunciation; it has no
attachment to anything, hence it does not need to renounce
anything. Therefore the battle of renunciation is unnecessary for
the Self. ‘Tyaage usko aage’––Whatever you renounce now
you will have to acquire in the future.
Interim Government and Full Government
Questioner: Please explain the difference between chit
and antaratma.
Dadashri: A chit that becomes pure (shuddha) is itself
antaratma. The reason it is called antaratma is because you
have to worship your own Parmatma (the absolute Self) within,
and become that (the Shuddhatma). First the pure Self will
come into conviction (pratiti); it will come in your awareness