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with him. You will feel that since it is an everyday event, there
will be no end to it. Instead, it would be better if you were to
withdraw into your ‘cave,’ the Self.
Talking with and Correcting the Self in the
Mirror
Questioner: You have said, ‘I am not a worldly being
(jiva), but I am a liberated being (Shiva)’. But such a separation
does not exist.
Dadashri: It does not let go of its nature (bhaav); it will
not give up its right, will it? Therefore, you have to coax and
persuade it in order for him (the relative-self) to understand and
get Your work done. That is because the relative-self (pudgal)
is naïve (bhodu) and straightforward. What is the nature of the
pudgal? It is naïve and straightforward. Therefore, You can
trick it into the right way. Both the worldly being (jiva) and the
liberated being (shiva) are separate, are they not? When it comes
into jiva bhaav, ‘I am Chandulal,’ it will eat potato chips and
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