Aptavani-9
469
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I-ness (potapanu) : Supreme Soul (Parmatma)
Oneness with the entire universe
Here there is oneness (abheda bhaav). You and I are all
one. I do not feel separate from any of you. And even with the
fifty thousand people here, there is no sense of separation
(judai) with anyone of them. Neither is there any separation
with the rest of the world. You are the one who has separation.
So to begin with, I remain one (abheda) with all these fifty
thousand mahatmas here, and secondarily I remain one with the
whole world. I do not have any separation (judai) with anyone
anywhere. Therefore, this is the primary oneness (abhedta) and
the other is the secondary oneness. I do not want anything else.
I do not have any buddhi (intellect) and that is why I feel
oneness with everyone. I feel like everything is mine. Separation
occurs in the presence of the intellect, so how can there be any
separation when there is no intellect? Intellect creates separation
(bheda); it shows ‘this is mine and that is yours’ and that is
separation. How can this division of ‘yours’ and ‘mine’ exist when
there is no intellect? This divisive intellect (bheda buddhi) that has
arisen is the one that shows, ‘I am separate from this person’.
Questioner: The moment one becomes separate (alag),
he feels the separation (judai), does he not?
Dadashri: And with that separation (alagata), one has
gone in the wrong direction. I do not have any separation with
you, but you have separation from me.
Questioner: Do many people not say ‘we are all one’?