WHO AM I ?
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They call it bhed Gnan. It is the Science (knowledge) of
separation. How are you going to take away the ‘My’ without
this Science? You do not have the precise knowledge of what
comes under ‘I’ and what comes under ‘My’. Bhed Gnan
means, “I am totally separate from everything that is mine.” It
is only through meeting a Gnani Purush that one acquires this
science of separation.
Is it not simple once this separation between the ‘I’ and
the ‘My’ is made? Does the Science of Self-Realization not
become simple this way? Otherwise, in this day and age, one
can go on reading the scriptures to the point of exhaustion and
still not attain Self-Realization.
Questioner : We need someone like you to help us
understand all this, do we not?
Dadashri : Yes, it is necessary. Unfortunately meeting a
Gnani Purush is very rare. In fact, it is indeed an extremely
rare occasion when a Gnani Purush comes into existence. At
such a time, you need to seize the opportunity and acquire Self-
Realization from him. There is no charge for this. It does not
cost you anything. Furthermore, you can attain this separation
from the Gnani within one hour. Once you have acquired the
knowledge of the Real ‘I’, everything has been achieved. This
is the total essence of all scriptures.
If you want material things then you will have to keep the
‘My’ but if you want to become liberated then you will need to
relinquish ownership or surrender (surrender by means of
understanding only) everything that falls under the category of
‘My’. Surrender all that is ‘mine’ or ‘My’ to the Gnani Purush
and you will be left with only the ‘I’. The realization of, “Who
am I?” is associated with the loss of ‘My’. If ‘My’ becomes
separate, then everything is separated. The state of belief of, “I
am, and all this is mine,” is defined as jivatmadasha. A person
with this belief (prior to Self-Realization) is a jivatma. The