Aptavani-8
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Questioner: No, I would not.
Dadashri: That is because your ‘my-ness’ (mamata) is
gone. In the same way, the moment you know the Atma, the
ego (ahamkar) and the ‘my-ness’ (mamata) disappear
simultaneously.
A State of Bliss Prevails in the State of the
Self
You yourself are the Absolute Soul (Parmatma), but since
you do not have the awareness, what can you do? Until then,
you behave in the awareness that you have. ‘I am Chandubhai’
is the only belief you have; ‘I am Chandubhai, I am this woman’s
husband’. And it is these kinds of wrong beliefs that you dwell
in.
Questioner: Is that not how all the living beings (jivas)
in the worldly life (sansar) recognize each other? That is why
everyone calls me Chandubhai.
Dadashri: Chandubhai is just a way for identifying you in
worldly interaction (vyavahar), and there is nothing wrong with
that. If someone asks me, ‘What is your name?’ I would say,
‘Ambalal.’ But ‘I’, not even in my dreams would believe that, ‘I
am Ambalal’. Whereas you, not just in your dreams, but even
while awake, go around believing that, ‘I am Chandubhai’. Now,
‘I am Chandubhai’, is the wrong belief that gives you problems.
And I remain in the awareness of the Self (swa-bhaan), in my
own Self form (swa-swaroop), so I am constantly in a state of
bliss (samadhi); maintaining oneness with the Self. When I enter
the state of the Self (swa-swaroop), the constant state of the
Absolute Soul (Parmatma) occurs with it, and the energy (shakti)
of the Absolute Soul, manifests. Right now it is Chandubhai’s
energy (shakti) that is being expressed. Since you have come
into the human form, Chandubhai’s energies have manifested;
however, more of the energies of human beings have not yet
manifested. They are being dissipated in the ordinary human life.