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meaning of chanting a name (samaran)? Therefore, the Atma is
continuously present and one has to start saying it naturally on
one’s own. It is not something we make him say and he repeats
it. It should come on its own.
Questioner: But can the inspiration to say, ‘I am
Shuddhatma’ come from within or not?
Dadashri: Of course it can!
Questioner: Then is he saying it or is he being made to
say it?
Dadashri: Here, it is not a question of saying it or making
one say it. No one is saying it, and neither is anyone making you
say it. And the one who makes you say it, the one making you
say it becomes liable.
So whatever you are looking for, is ensconced in darkness.
What you are looking for ahead is all in darkness. And there is
not anyone who will make you say it. It is this scientific
circumstantial evidence that is speaking, and what you are talking
about, is all pitch darkness. Those who have ventured on that
side, are all wandering around in vain.
Factionalism Is the Unnatural State
Questioner: So does the Knowledge (Gnan) of the pure
Soul (Shuddhatma) that we attain from you, not become a cult
or sect?
Dadashri: No, this cannot have a sect! Where there is
unnaturalness (vibhavikta); there is a sect. Where there is
naturalness (swabhavikta); there naturalness arises, and there
could not be a sect there! Because, in that case, one would be
doing the worship (darshan) of the Shuddhatma in trees and
leaves; cows and buffaloes, and all the living entities (jivas); so
how can there be any separation or sect? He sees God all
around, everywhere!