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Aptavani-8
Dadashri: The non-dualism (adwaita), that you believed
to be independent (nirpeksha), turned out to be dependent
(sapeksha). Do you now realize where you were wrong, up
until now?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: When those who believe in non-dualism
(adwaita), ask me, ‘so, what is the Atma like?’ Then I tell
them, ‘The Atma is not in the form of non-duality (adwaita) at
all, and neither is it dualistic (dwaita). The Atma is both dualism
and non-dualism (dwaita-adwaita)!’
What does dualistic – non-dualistic (dwaita-adwaita)
mean? It means that, “by the relative viewpoint”, the Atma is
dualistic (dwaita). As long as there is the body, there will always
be this “relative viewpoint”. Do you not have to go toilet? Do
you not have to eat? That is through the relative viewpoint,
which is why the Atma is dualistic. And “by the real viewpoint”,
the Atma is non-dualistic (adwaita). But when it leaves here to
go to moksha (final liberation), it will no longer have an adjective
there. It only has an adjective, as long as there is the body. It
is because the body exists, that it has these adjectives: dualistic
(dwaita), non-dualistic (adwaita). After it has gone to moksha,
there is no adjective anymore. By relative viewpoint; ‘I’ am
dualistic, and by real viewpoint; ‘I’ am non-dualistic. Therefore,
‘I’ am beyond dualism and non-dualism (dwaita-adwaita)! As
long as the body is there, non-dualism (adwaita) cannot exist on
its own.
What is the real reason for saying non-dualism (adwaita)?
It is so that one does not place the applied awareness (upayog)
in the “foreign department” (the non-Self). That was the real
intention. But instead, it became misinterpreted. Do not place
your applied awareness (upayog) in the ‘foreign’, and remain
only in the ‘home’. Home is non-dualistic (adwaita) and foreign
is dualistic (dwaita). Whereas right now, you believe that foreign