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Aptavani-8
(Shuddhatma)’, itself is called the experience of the Atma
(Atmanubhav). And to have that experience of the Atma; is it
just any ordinary thing?
The Hidden Self, Wondrous, Wondrous!
So what is worth knowing in this world? What do you
think?
Questioner: The form and nature of the Self (Swa-
swaroop).
Dadashri: That is all. Except for that, there is nothing else
in this world worth knowing. Only the form of the Self (swaroop)
is worth knowing.
Questioner: Yes, but what must that wondrous vision
(darshan) be?
Dadashri: Wonderful is the hidden form (swaroop)! That
which is, completely hidden away from the world, is a hidden
form (gupta swaroop). That, which the entire world does not
know, is the hidden form which itself is wondrous. Besides,
there is no other thing in this world that is wondrous (adabhoota)!
Everything else, you can find. However, that which is a hidden
form (gupta swaroop), is the only thing that is wondrous in this
world! That is why the writers of scriptures (shastras) have
repeatedly said, over and over a thousand times that it is
wondrous, wondrous, wondrous!
The Fundamental Mistake Is the Belief
Questioner: But do we not have illusion (bhranti)?
Dadashri: What illusion?
Questioner: Is there not already illusion (bhranti) about
the form of the Self (Swa-swaroop)?
Dadashri: But which form (swaroop) of yours has illusion
(bhranti) and which form of yours is devoid of illusion? Do