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Aptavani-8
Now, if a person comes to know that Atma from the Gnani Purush, he will attain the Atma; otherwise, it is not possible to attain the Atma in any time period. The Gnani Purush has seen, known and experienced the Atma, and himself lives in the Atma's own natural state (swaroop)! So if you yourself know the Atma through such a Gnani Purush, you will get somewhere. When you sit with the Gnani Purush to know such an Atma, through the Gnan Vidhi (samayik) of the Gnani Purush, all your demerit karmas (paap) are burnt to ashes. And only when your demerit karmas are destroyed, will the Atma come into your awareness (laksha); otherwise it will not!
That awareness will be there forever, whereas nothing else in the world can be remembered forever, perhaps it will be remembered for a while, but will soon be forgotten. Here, your demerit karmas (paap) are cleansed by the Gnani Purush, so you attain the awareness of the Atma! Who Has Doubts About the Existence of the
Soul? Questioner: ‘Is there an Atma or not? Such doubts do arise.
Dadashri: The Atma definitely does exist!
Questioner: The foreign scientists have done all kinds of research to determine whether or not there is an Atma, by putting a dying man in a glass case, to see if they could figure out how and from where, the soul (jiva; living being) leaves the body. It did not seem that way to them. Their conclusion was that there is no such thing as soul (jiva) at all.
Dadashri: No. But do they not make statements like, this is non-living' (ajiva)? Is this table non-living or not? It is non-living, right? So then, are the table and the man the same thing?
| SR No. | 030038 |
| Book Title | Aptavani Shreni 08 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Dada Bhagwan |
| Publisher | Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 436 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 1 MB |