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in-law, I am her uncle, I am his employee’. Do they not say that?
These are all signs of illusion. One is not even aware of his own
powers or of his own Self.
‘We’ see the Self in everything (Brahmamaya). ‘Our’
awareness (jagruti) is: What would I see in my first vision,
when I see a man and woman? They are not clothed; they are
naked. In the second vision, they appear as though their skin has
been removed. And what do I see in the third vision? I see all
the entrails (flesh, bone and intestines), “exact”, like you would
in an X-ray. Therefore, ‘we’ do not feel any attachment or
abhorrence (raag-dwesh), and then ultimately they continue to
be ‘seen’ as the Self (Brahma swaroop).
Questioner: What is the difference between ego
(ahamkar) and ‘I am Brahma’ (Aham Brahmasmi)?
Dadashri: In ‘Aham Brahmasmi’, one is exercising one’s
own ego. And ego (ahamkar) is to attribute one’s own self,
where one is not.
The Self Is Attained at the Feet of the
Gnani Purush
Questioner: I need something that would turn my inner
tendencies (antar vrutti) towards the Self (swa swaroop).
Dadashri: Do you know what we consider one’s own
Self (swaroop; one’s own form)?
Questioner: It is to witness (sakshibhaav).
Dadashri: Witnessing, but what is it like?
Questioner: Everything happens under its light.
Dadashri: But you have to know it. You can know Brahma
if you attain the knowledge of the Self (Atmagnan). Otherwise
how will you know God (Brahma)? Have you attained
Atmagnan?