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others tell him he begins to have deep faith (shraddha) that
‘truly I am Chandubhai’ and others around him accept it too.
Then this belief does not fracture in anyway at all. However, no
changes occur in the Self at all. The Self remains absolutely
pure; just like the pure gold is one hundred percent gold. Gold
never becomes impure even when it is mixed with copper; at the
elemental level it retains its purity.
Vision: Right and Wrong
Dadashri: This is the wrong vision (drashti); it is a
deluded vision (mithya drashti) and that is why all the pain and
suffering (dukh) have arisen. And samkit means the right vision;
enlightened vision. Has your vision ever become enlightened?
Questioner: No.
Dadashri: You have roamed the entire cycle of the
worldly life and yet your vision has not become enlightened,
even for a fraction of a second. What is your name?
Questioner: ‘Chandubhai.’
Dadashri: Is it a fact that ‘you are Chandubhai’?
Questioner: It appears to be an illusion; it feels like an
egoistic state.
Dadashri: Then who are you?
Questioner: I do not know.
Dadashri: So why have you not known this until now?
Questioner: I have always been perplexed about, ‘Who
am I?’ but I have no answer to it.
Dadashri: ‘I am Chandubhai…I am this lady’s
husband…I am his father…I am his uncle, etc.,’ are all wrong
beliefs. The Gnani Purush fractures all these wrong beliefs and
replaces them with the right belief. Then the right vision, the