Who Am I? Who Am I? | Page 70

WHO AM I ? 61 awareness (pratiti, anubhav, and laksh), all mental and bodily tendencies (vrutis) that have wandered outwardly, for endless lives, now revert to the Self. They change direction, ending all aimless wanderings. Questioner : What kind of tendencies (vrutis)? Dadashri : All kinds. These are of the chit (the component of inner vision and previous knowledge in the mind), those related to acquiring materialistic things, those wanting to experience sensual pleasures. There are many different kinds of tendencies. Those tendencies that used to wander in the marketplaces of the world, now revert and return to the Self and stop wandering. THE STATE OF THE SELF IS ABSOLUTELY PURE After this Gnan, your preexisting illusion of, “I am the ‘Doer’,” is shattered. You are Absolutely Pure. To perpetuate the state of the pure awareness, the state has been called ‘Shuddhatma’ (Pure Self). It represents the awareness that is pure. Say ‘Chandulal’ (your relative self) becomes angry and abusive towards someone. Even then, ‘You’ (the Soul) is completely separate and remains pure. In such negative circumstances however, ‘You’ have to ask Chandulal, “Why are you committing this aggression (atikraman) that results in