222 Aptavani-6
way you want to proceed; You want to remain in pure awareness( shuddha upayog). If You do not decide in this way, You will lose the awareness( upayog). And our science is great. There are no other problems or strife( bhanjghad).
To Dwell as the Self
Questioner: How can dwelling in the Self( nijavastu ramanata) arise?
Dadashri: There are two to four ways for such dwelling( ramanata) to occur. If you do not know any way, then if you say,‘ I am Shuddhatma, I am Shuddhatma,’ for an hour or two, it will happen. Thus it progresses further.
Questioner: All ramanata( place to dwell in) is of varying types, is it not?
Dadashri: One does whatever he knows. If it is at a gross level, one will continue saying,‘ I am Shuddhatma, I am Shuddhatma’ or he takes a notebook and keeps writing,‘ I am Shuddhatma,’ in it. In doing this, even the body, speech and mind do the ramanata.
When one does it by saying,‘ I am pure Soul,’ at the gross level, dwelling in the non-Self complex( pudgal ramanata) will begin to leave. This is the beginning. Then one advances further within at more subtle levels, and when he asserts what He is with reference to the attributes of the Self, then that is true dwelling( ramanata). This gives instant reward. The bliss of the Self is experienced.
Questioner: Just as there is the‘ delight’ and the pleasure of the non-Self, likewise, should‘ delight’ and pleasure of the Self( anand) not express?
Dadashri: On what grounds are You non-acquisitive( aparigrahi)? On the grounds of this Akram Vignan! But you are not aparigrahi in your worldly interactions( vyavahar).