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Aptavani-9 319 It is applicable to a person who pushes away his attraction (moha) through his ego; we can call him nirmohi. This means that the ego itself is still present but he has reduced everything else. If someone insults him or swears at him, he will say, ‘What is it to me?’ But his ego still remains. His ego of being nirmaani or nirmohi remains. Will this ego not have to be removed in the end? The Gnani can get rid of the ego of a maani. However, the ego of not being proud in a nirmaani is so subtle that even the Lord cannot remove it. If such an ego were to arise within you, it will destroy you. So ask someone before you do anything along these lines. That is why Krupadudev has written, ‘why does one not attain liberation?’ Then He said it is not greed or any such problems but if maan were not there, one would attain liberation here and now! This is written to give encouragement to people; a viewpoint is stated. It is correct. It is to show those who do not have Self-realization that everything else will be overlooked but one must not lose his focus of his maan. Maan (pride) is the cause of the worldly life. Sat Purush is he who… Krupadudev has said that a Sat Purush is the one who has continuous focused awareness (upayog) of the Self. Therefore, the one, who never misses his upayog, not even for a second, is called Sat Purush. Then it is the one whose speech is not found in scriptures; it is a speech that has never been heard before and it is a speech that gives experience. His words can create new scriptures. A person can achieve liberation if he hears just one word of the one who has a constant awareness as the Self, day and night. Because His speech has vachanbud i.e. it has energy and power in it. He does not have any inner desires whatsoever; such non-visible is His conduct. There are