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WHO AM I ?
moksha. I would tell them that it is not a necessity for them to
want moksha. But do they at least want happiness?
People do not understand what moksha really is. They
just use the word ‘moksha.’ They are under the impression that
moksha has a particular location and once they reach there,
they will enjoy moksha. But it is not like that.
TWO STAGES OF MOKSHA
Questioner : Ordinarily by ‘moksha’, we mean release
or freedom from the cycles of birth and death.
Dadashri : Yes it is true, but that is the final stage of
liberation. It is the secondary stage. The first stage of moksha
is where you experience a sense of neutrality towards problems
and miseries. In the first stage of moksha, one experiences
indifference towards any worldly unhappiness. Even in worldly
unhappiness, one remains unaffected. In the midst of oopadhi
(suffering imposed upon you by others or external factors) you
experience samadhi (to be free from suffering and to experience
the state of one’s own bliss). That is the first stage of moksha.
The second stage of moksha, permanent moksha, is attained
after death. The first stage of moksha should be attained here
and now. I experience this first stage of moksha all the time.
Moksha should be such that even while one lives amongst the
worldly things, they do not affect him. That is the moksha one
must strive for. There is no bondage. This stage of moksha is
possible through Akram Vignan.
EXPERIENCING MOKSHA IN DAILY LIVING
Questioner : Is such freedom or moksha experienced
while one is living (jeevanmukti) or is it the freedom that comes
after death?
Dadashri : What is the point of having freedom after you
are dead? This is how people become conned into promises of