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Self), and not budge from there afterward, even for a moment.
Constantly in the Atma, twenty-four hours in complete awareness
(jagruti)! Here, the entire world sleeps with eyes open. We are
only excluding the real thinkers from this; however the rest of the
world is sleeping with its eyes open.
Even the Word Is Temporary
Questioner: Now word (shabda) is eternal (nitya), but
many say that word is transitory (anitya), so which one is true?
Dadashri: Word (shabda) is transient (anitya).
Questioner: Some say that word is eternal.
Dadashri: However many are saying so; nevertheless I
will give you the truth once and for all. And whatever they tell
us after that is fine; there is no insistence (aagraha) on our part.
Even the truth (satya) that there is in the world, is not
truth; even it is untruth (asatya). Truth is always eternal (avinashi),
and of its own nature (swabhavik). And this word (shabda) is
not natural. Words come out when there is friction. Therefore,
words are circumstance. They happen due to two or three
circumstances, and therefore it is not a natural thing.
Questioner: What is said about words being transient
(anitya), is correct. Now Veda is composed of words, and yet
the Veda is believed to be eternal (nitya).
Dadashri: There is nothing in those accepted beliefs. What
would you call eternal (nitya)? It is something which is always
eternal (avinashi), and which is itself in an eternal form (vastu
swaroop). There is no change in it; it only has one single nature
(swabhav), and that nature never changes. The Atma is eternal
(avinashi). This element of space (aakash tattva) is eternal
(avinashi).
The non-Self complex (pudgal), this element of subatomic