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Aptavani-8
Dadashri: Do you mean the notable changes that occur
from embodied soul (jivatma) to the interim state Soul
(antaratma)?
Questioner: Yes.
Dadashri: One’s tendencies (vrutti) stop going outwards.
The tendencies that go outwards such as, ‘I will do this, I will
do that. We will do this, we will do that,’ will all turn around and
come back. Just like the cows that go to graze in the morning,
but come evening, do they not return home? In the same way,
the tendencies (vrutti) all turn around. So you should recognize,
that the person is starting to become the pure Soul (Shuddhatma).
The tendencies, that were roaming around outside, have stopped
their roaming and are returning homeward. If you look at your
own tendencies, when you examine them, they will appear as if
they are roaming around all over, so one might be wandering off
that way, one this way, even all the way to those big snack
houses and restaurants, is that not so? The big snack houses are
very nice, and if just one day, you go and try it out, then the
tendencies (vrutti) will just keep wandering off there. Therefore
the tendencies will keep roaming around, but once you become
the interim state Soul (antaratma), the tendencies turn back.
Questioner: When one progresses from the interim state
Soul (antaratma) to the Absolute Soul (Parmatma), what
notable changes take place?
Dadashri: What it is, is that, the astitva (existence),
vastutva (the Self; to know ‘Who am I?’) and purnatva (the
state of being complete, the absolute Self), are three gradations.
Every living being (jiva) has the awareness of its existence
(astitva), ‘I am’. Does it or does it not have the awareness of
‘I am’? It is not just humans, but even animals, that have the
awareness of ‘I am’. Even this tree has the awareness of ‘I am’.
Therefore each and every living being (jiva) is aware of its
existence (astitva). And when it becomes the interim awakened