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WHO AM I ?
its Real place, then the ego is gone. Therefore you do not
have to get rid of the ‘I’, but you just need to put the ‘I’ in
its correct location.
RIGHT BELIEF, WRONG BELIEF
People use the word ‘mithyatva’ loosely, but no one has
ever explained to them what it really means. Mithyatva is nothing
but these wrong beliefs. It is not mithyatva to wear fashionable
clothes or to get married. The wrong beliefs are the only
mithyatva and when one acquires the right belief, it is called
samyak darshan or samyaktva (enlightened world-view; true
understanding). The belief, through which one can ‘see’ the
Soul, is samyak darshan.
There is a need to acquire the enlightened view. The
enlightened view occurs when all these wrong beliefs are
destroyed and the right belief is established. This is when one
can see the world exactly as it is.
Until now you were not even aware that all your beliefs
were wrong. Until now your belief was that ‘I am Chandulal’.
But all these are mere adjustments, temporary adjustments only.
“All these relatives are temporary adjustments and ‘You’
are permanent.” But you do not have the awareness of the
permanent yet.
ONE IS A STRANGER TO HIS REAL SELF
This is an effort on one’s part to remain hidden from his
own Self for endless lives. Is it not strange that for infinite lives,
one has remained hidden from his Real Self and yet he knows
everything that is related to the non-self? How long do you
think he will remain hidden from his Real Self? This life is meant
for the realization of one’s Real Self. The human life is meant
solely for the investigation of one’s true identity. Otherwise one
will wander aimlessly. Do you not think it is imperative to know