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the one that is dualistic, will continually have confusing thoughts
about the one who is non-dualistic. Now, they cannot go beyond
this confusion based on ego (vikalp). When you say that the
Atma is dualistic – non-dualistic (dwaita-adwaita), it means
that you have gone beyond the confusion that is based on the
ego (vikalp), and that is called an egoless state (nirvikalp).
Therefore, the Gnani Purush says it exactly as it is; that
the Atma is dualistic – non-dualistic (dwaita-adwaita); it is
dualistic (dwaita) and it is also non-dualistic (adwaita). How
long will this adjective of dwaita-adwaita (dualistic – non-
dualistic) apply? While it is involved in the worldly life, it is
dualistic, and when it is contemplating on its own Self (Swa-
dhyan), then it is non-dualistic. There is the body and there is
also Absolute Knowledge (Keval Gnan); therefore it is
considered dualistic – non-dualistic (dwaita-adwaita). People
see the man and they also see the Absolute Gnani (Keval
Gnani). However one sees it; that is how it will appear! Therefore,
the Atma never becomes non-dualistic (adwaita). That is
because, when it leaves the body from here, and attains final
liberation (moksha), then there in Siddha gati (abode of
Liberated Souls), it will lose its adjective. The adjective is there
as long as the body is there. Therefore we have to accept these
adjectives. Those who are stuck in the hole of non-dualism
(adwaita), would be considered ekantik (adhering to a single
viewpoint, while excluding all other viewpoints), and if they are
stuck in the hole of dualism (dwaita), they are also considered
as adhering to one single viewpoint (ekantik). And if you accept
any path that is ekantik, then final liberation will never come into
your hands. If you want to attain the Truth, one has to side with
non-insistence on one’s own truth or viewpoint (niragraha).
Insistence (aagraha) itself is ego.
Truth (Satya) certainly exists in everyone, but only
according to one’s own degree. Each one’s truth is according to
his own measure. And the truth according to the world