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is home. ‘I am this Chandubhai’, is what you say. You have not
even seen ‘home’ yet. When you see ‘home’, there would not
be any worry, frustration and amidst all the externally induced
problems that cause suffering (upadhi), you will experience
oneness with your Self (samadhi)!
Dualism – Non-Dualism; Both Are Dualities
One man came to me and told me, ‘I have become non-
dualistic (adwaita)’. And I said to him, ‘Where did you come
up with that word? What are you calling non-dualistic?’ So he
says, ‘I do not live in the dualism (dwaita)’. ‘Then what do you
stay in?’ I asked. Then he says, ‘I only stay in the Atma’.
Goodness! How did he become like that? You cannot just stay
non-dualistic (adwaita). Non-dualism (adwaita) is supported
(aadhari). What is it supported by? It is supported by dualism
(dwaita); otherwise it would fall. It is because it is supported by
dualism (dwaita), that non-dualism (adwaita) has persisted.
When you say that you have become non-dualistic (adwaita),
you are essentially casting abhorrence (dwesh) on dualism
(dwaita). So what will happen? You will both end up fighting.
Then he says, ‘That is correct. But according to our belief non-
dualism (adwaita) was independent (nirpeksha)’. Hey! How
can you call something that which requires support (aadharik),
independent (nirpeksha)? Non-dualism is dependent (sapeksha).
There are so many words that transcend dualities. Certain
words like compassion (karuna) transcend duality. Whereas the
word adwaita (non-dualism), is adwaita, because dwaita
(dualism) is there, which is why, it is thought to possess duality
(dwandva). Just like profit and loss, and all the two words that
contradict one another (antonyms), are all considered dualities
(dwandva). So because we have dualism (dwaita), we have
non-dualism (adwaita). Therefore, he has not gone beyond duality
(dwandva) yet, he is still in duality. Even non-dualism is
considered duality (dwandva), do you understand that? Just like
profit-loss is considered a duality; good-bad, happiness-