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Aptavani-8
Dadashri: Yes, it all has to do with the life-instilled atma
(pratishthit atma). We refer to the life-instilled atma (pratishthit
atma) as the non-Self complex (prakruti). But when we just
say the non-Self complex (prakruti) by itself, people do not
properly understand it. That is why ‘we’ have called it the life-
instilled atma (pratishthit atma).
The pratishthit atma is the relative atma, and the other
is the pure Soul (Shuddhatma). The Shuddhatma is the real
Atma. And the relative atma is a mechanical atma, which is in
the form of input-output (puran-galan). If you fill up (puran)
with food here, in the morning you will have to excrete it (galan).
If you fill up (puran) with water here, you have to go to the
‘bathroom’ (galan), and when you take a breath (puran), you
have to exhale (galan). There is only this input-output (puran-
galan) and the pure Soul (Shuddhatma); just these two things.
Questioner: What is the difference between the relative
atma and the real Atma?
Dadashri: The relative atma has arisen out of one’s own
wrong belief. When that wrong belief is fractured, one then
enters the real Atma. The Gnani Purush fractures all the wrong
beliefs, and he instills the right belief. That is called the enlightened
vision (samyak darshan). Therefore, one has the conviction
(pratiti) of one’s own Shuddhatma (pure Soul).
Questioner: Is there a difference between the ego (aham)
and the life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma)?
Dadashri: No. The life-instilled atma (pratishthit atma)
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