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Aptavani 6
[ 1 ] The Instillation of Life
The moment one believes or says‘ I am Chandulal,’‘ I did this,’‘ I did that,’ it immediately gives rise to a new form-idol( murti) of a causal body. This is the instillation of life( pratishtha). Then this new‘ idol’ gives its effects and results. Just as we invoke life in a stone idol which gives its results, in the same manner we are invoking new life into this body which gives its results. The energized non-Self complex of thoughts, speech and acts( pratishthit atma) forms precisely according to the instillation of life( pratishtha). This‘ old’ pratishthit atma instills new life( new pratishtha). The‘ Chandulal’( reader should insert his or her name here throughout the book) of today is the pratishthit atma of the past life, which, in turn, continues to do pratishtha like,‘ I am Chandulal. I am his uncle, etc.,’ and so everything starts all over again. And when you say‘ I am pure Soul, I am Shuddhatma,’ the pratishtha stops. That is why‘ we’ say that after attaining the state of Self-realization( Shuddhatma), new karma ceases.
Questioner: No one has given such a clear explanation.
Dadashri: You will find a solution if you have a clear explanation; knowledge of the Soul or Self( Atma Gnan) is needed. Knowledge of the Self is lacking; its presence gives such clarity that one can see everything as it is. That is why‘ we’ have given the new term‘ pratishthit atma’ which nobody has done before.