one that is bound ? The one who suffers . Who is the one suffering ? The ego ! The inner intent ( bhaav ) to attain liberation ; belongs to the one that is bound . It is not the Atma that has this intent , because in reality the Atma is free ; it is neither the doer ( karta ), nor the sufferer ( bhokta ). It is only the ego that is looking for liberation . It goes in search of liberation ( moksha ), when it finds the worldly life ( sansar ) insipid ( joyless ).
The true purpose of life must be to attain final liberation ( moksha ). Now if that goal is extremely strong , one will surely attain it . That , which obstructs this purpose , is illusory attachment ( moha ). When moha decreases , one becomes weary of the worldly life ( sansar ), and begins to look for the path to final liberation ( moksha ).
Only until the state of the Atma is attained , is it necessary to be in a state of thinking , and that too , should only be thoughts concerned with Knowledge of the Self ( Gnan ankshepakvant ); which will help attain the Atma . Thereafter the state that follows is beyond thoughts . In the state of ignorance , one observes the Atma through the ego ; whereas the Atma is beyond the ego .
When every subatomic particle ( parmanu ) of anger , pride , deceit and greed is purified , and after the ego has attained complete purification ; the ego unifies with the pure Soul ( Shuddhatma ) – such is the Kramic path ( the traditional stepby-step path to Self-realization )! In the Akram ( step-less ) path however , the Gnani Purush directly gives one the status of the pure Soul ( Shuddhatma ); a state that is steady ( achad ), original ( darasal ), and one that cannot be tainted ( nirlep ).
Shuddhatma ( the pure Soul ), is one ’ s own form ; it is not the body . When you realize this , dehadhyas ( the belief of , ‘ I am the body ’) ends and the ego and the ‘ my-ness ’ ( mamata ) leave . A person with the consciousness of ‘ I am this body ’ ( dehadhyas ) cannot free anyone from the same consciousness . Only the Gnani Purush , who is free from dehadhyas , can liberate one .
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