2 WHO AM I ?
The owner , the shop , and the merchandise inside the shop , are all separate entities . What do you think ?
Questioner : That makes sense .
Dadashri : People insist , “ No , I am ‘ Chandulal ’.” That means , “ I am the owner of the shop and I am also the sign on the shop .” ‘ Chandulal ’ is just a means of identification .
From your very childhood , people kept calling you ‘ Chandu ’ and you have come to believe , “ I am Chandu .” You believe this name to be you . In reality you are not that , but you insist that you are ‘ Chandulal ’ because everyone tells you so . Since you do not know who you really are , you believe yourself to be the name that you have been given . This has had a very powerful psychological effect on you . This effect is so deeply ingrained within you , that you believe that you are ‘ Chandulal ’. This belief is wrong , and because of this wrong belief , you have spent countless lives ‘ sleeping with your eyes open ’ ( oblivious to your real identity ).
REALISING ' I '
Will you not have to investigate who you really are ? For how long can you go on being in the dark , unaware of your real Self ? Do you not think it is ignorance to not investigate your true identity ?
Until you realize who you really are , everything proves to be wrong and incorrect .
Even before you purchased this watch , did you not inquire about its make , quality , price , warranty , etc .? Then , is it not ironic that you have not made inquires about your own Self yet ? Who are you ? You have no knowledge about your true identity , where you come from , and where you are . You know none of these things and even without knowing the answer to this one vital question , “ Who am I ?” you complicate your life further , by