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WHO AM I ?
Dadashri : Liberation should be the only goal. You do
want liberation don’t you? For how much longer do you want
to keep on wandering aimlessly? You have done just this for
infinite lives. You have not left any place to wander. You have
wandered aimlessly between different gatis: janwar gati
(animal kingdom), manushya gati (human form) and devagati
(celestial form).
Why did you have to suffer such endless wanderings?
Because you have not known your true identity; you have not
known the answer to, “Who Am I?” Should you not know your
Real Self? Despite your extensive wanderings of countless lives,
you do not even know who you really are. Is making money
your only goal in life? Should you not be making a little attempt
toward liberation?
Questioner : Yes, an effort should be made.
Dadashri : Is there not a need then to become
independent? How long can you be in such bondage?
Questioner : I believe it is not necessary to become
independent but rather to understand the need for becoming
independent.
Dadashri : Yes, that understanding is necessary. It is
enough to understand it just once. Even if you cannot become
independent, at least there is a need to understand it, right?
Independence will come later on but for the time being the
understanding is enough.
NO EFFORT REQUIRED IN SELF-REALIZATION
Moksha means to come to your Real nature. The worldly
life means to go away from your Real nature. Which one is the
easier of the two? To come to your Real Self is not difficult, but
to live the worldly life as a relative self, (i.e., to go away from
your Real Self), is always difficult. Moksha is easier than