WHO AM I ?
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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