“He who knows the Atma has known everything”. He
who has known the Atma is karan sarvagnya (one who
creates causes to become Knower of all elements); he is called
karan Keval Gnani (he creates causes to become fully
enlightened). The Knower of the Soul (Atmagnani) is without
obstinacy or insistence (niragrahi), and without ego
(nirahamkari).
Nothing is gained by repeatedly saying, ‘I am not the
body, I am not the body; I am the Atma, I am the Atma’. Here,
one has to have the experience of the Atma. Whatever disciplines
(sadhano) for the attainment of Self knowledge (Atmagnan)
one has implemented until today, have all become binding. The
true sadhan (means; instrument) is where one employs the manifest
Gnani Purush, and only there, lies liberation! The disciplines
(sadhano) only lead you up to Knowledge (Gnan); whereas the
Atma is in the form of science (vignan swaroop). The Atma
can pass all the way through this body, the houses and a thousand
walls; it is the subtlest of all! So how can it be found? No matter
how much religious discipline or penance one undertakes in order
to attain Self-realization, it is extremely difficult to achieve. If the
station is just half a mile away, but you go twenty-two miles in
the wrong direction, whose fault would it be? When it was you
who forgot the way, why would it be the body’s fault? It is
entirely the fault of ignorance.
The Gnani does not just give you the knowledge of the
Atma, but he also gives you answers to all the complexities of
the universe. If an obstacle arises in your attaining Self-realization,
you can break it with a strong resolution: ‘I want to get this
Gnan from the Gnani’, or it can also be broken with a request
to the Gnani, ‘Please destroy my obstacle’. Otherwise, anyone
who desires Self-realization will not come across any kind of
adversity. One faces adversity because of one’s own weakness.
How could there be any adversity, when you are going to your
own home?
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