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department’ (the Real Self). And after going through the experience
of mosquito biting a hundred or two hundred times, he will attain
the non-suffering state.
What does it mean to be a non-suffer? It means to know
that the mosquito has bitten the body, and where it has bitten. He
does not have any suffering. In reality, the Real Self does not
experience any suffering, but whatever apparent suffering he
endures, is because of his previous habit of saying that the mosquito
has bitten him.
You need to understand completely the state of the Pure
Soul. This will happen by constantly remaining in this satsang. For
now, you can get by with just repeating that you are Pure Soul.
Doing this will stop the binding of karma. When you become free
from the false belief that you are the body, you cease to bind
karma.
Questioner: So, when a mosquito bites me, should I simply
say, “I am not the sufferer?”
Dadashri: Yes. If a mosquito lands on your arm while you
are sitting here, your initial experience will be the knowledge that
it has landed; you will become aware of this. At this precise moment
are you in the state of awareness or are you in the state of suffering?
What do you think?
Questioner: When it sits on my arm, I am aware of it.
Dadashri: Yes and that same state of knowledge is also
there when it bites you. But when you say, ‘the mosquito bit me!’
you become the sufferer. In reality, you are not the sufferer. You
are only the knower. When the mosquito bites you, say ‘I am not
the sufferer’ and when it bites you more, repeat, ‘I am not the
sufferer.’
Questioner: You have talked about the non-sufferer, but
then you have also mentioned eternal bliss of the Self.