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His childhood, Dadashri discovered God; God is the smallest in all living beings (laghutam) and common in all. Since that time, his inclination towards becoming laghutam in worldly interactions led him in becoming laghutam in the worldly life, while simultaneously there manifested the state of absolute gurutam as the Self. Being laghutam (lowest; smallest) bestows one with permanent security. The laghutam has no fear of falling. In the world, everyone likes to be gurutam (biggest, highest) not laghutam (the smallest; lowest). The one who tries to become gurutam will wander around in the world of the four life forms and the one who becomes the smallest will soon go towards final liberation. What does Akram Vignan say? It says for one to be the smallest in the relative world and biggest in the real and neither big nor small (aguru-laghu) in the Self-form! The one who is the smallest in the relative world, by law, becomes the biggest in the real! In that stage, God will embrace that person. One should not become the world’s guru but should make the world his guru. A guru without the ‘guru-key’ (gurukilli) becomes very heavy. He will drown himself and will drown those who follow him. The guru-key must be obtained from the Gnani Purush. Guru-key means a constant awareness of ‘I am a disciple of all disciples; I am the smallest.’ Everyone needs a guru that fits his or her level of spiritual development. Kindergarten teachers, first standard or second standard teachers, college teacher and the ultimate teacher is the one who makes the whole world his teacher; the ultimate guru is the one who makes the whole world his guru. Unt