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your own knowledge does not reach – that is your own Self
form (swaroop); that is the form of the Atma – Atma swaroop.
Therefore, to know, ‘Who am I?’ is indeed one’s own
Self form (swaroop). And that, only the Gnani Purush alone,
can make you realize. Then there can be no dying or taking
birth. After that, the dying; it is the body that dies; the Self does
not die. And within one or two lives (avatar) there is final
liberation (moksha).
All Instruments of Freedom Have Become a
Bondage
Questioner: Can you show us the means (sadhan) with
which we can attain Atmagnan (Self-realization)?
Dadashri: There are many ways (sadhano). But the soul
(jiva) has itself become trapped in the ways. People become
dogmatic and stuck on a single viewpoint (abhinivesh) in the
very instrument (sadhan) that they have. As long as a person is
aware and alert enough, not to let any kind of disease set in,
then he might make some progress. However, people are just
trapped in sadhano (instruments; means; tools, i.e. scriptures,
rituals), and they become dogmatic. Therefore, if you meet a
Gnani Purush, who has become liberated, he will help free you
as well. Or else, if until then, you can remain with a sant purush
(saint), then there is no other better merit karma (punya) than
that. Otherwise, how is one to escape from the heat of the
three-fold sufferings (trividh taap): mental suffering (aadhi),
physical suffering (vyadhi) and affliction from external sources
(upadhi) in the worldly life (sansar)? Nevertheless you will find
some cooling comfort, when the saints sprinkle water on you.
Questioner: Then how can you move forward without
the support of any sadhan (instrument; means, i.e. scriptures,
rituals)? Would you not need some sort of sadhan?
Dadashri: All the sadhano (instruments; means, i.e.