there only if the Gnani Purush had buddhi (intellect)! He who is
without buddhi (intellect) has oneness with the universe.
Oneness increases the experience of Gnan and separation
scatters all the energies. When ‘I-ness’ is gone the separation is
gone and there is oneness with everyone.
This A. M. Patel has given up all His ‘I-ness’ and has
offered it to the Lord. Know that the one whose ‘I-ness’ is gone
has achieved oneness with God.
‘I-ness’ is completely gone from the Gnani Purush. He
behaves completely according to the circumstances and without
ego. Like a ‘bundle’, He goes everywhere He has to go! One
can remain in his natural state when ‘I-ness’ is gone. He does
not have any opinion of his own at all! Yet, His life’s interactions
are ideal. He remains ‘dramatic’ (superficial) all the time. One
can only remain dramatic if his ‘I-ness’ is gone.
It is ‘I-ness’ to protect the relative self. To protect the
relative self in a deceitful way is known as gaaddha potapanu
(severely deep rooted ‘I-ness’).
What is the test to check whether the ‘I-ness’ is gone? If
there is no change in the facial expression or within, even after
one is asked to get in and out of a car nine times over, then his
‘I-ness’ is gone. The knowledge of scientific circumstantial
evidence (vyavasthit) frees one from ‘I-ness’ (potapanu).
Except for the Gnani Purush, everyone has ‘I-ness’.
When the ‘I-ness’ is gone, one becomes God!
Once ‘I-ness’ is gone; it is gone forever.
After receiving Gnan, the ego that charges karma is gone
but the discharge ego still remains and that discharge ego is
known as ‘I-ness’. When the entire discharge ego is gone, one
is said to be free from potapanu.
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