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Atma and the Parmatma as separate, that is to say, 'I and Bhagwan (God) are separate.'
In the first kind of religion, the awareness is that the Atma (the Self) is itself the Parmatma (absolute Self). This is the 'real' religion, after which one attains liberation. When you have experience of the Atma being the Parmatma, you attain liberation.
And as long as there is the awareness (bhaan) that the Atma and the Parmatma are separate, one binds merit (punya) and demerit (paap) karma. And that is why a 'causal' body (karan sharira) continues to be formed, and one wanders around for infinite lives. It is an illusory belief to go on saying that God is separate and 'I' am separate. In truth, you and God are one, but you do not understand this. You cannot seem to find someone who can make you understand that You and the Parmatma (absolute Self) are one and the same. When you find such a person, he will give You the awareness of that oneness. It is your weakness that makes you see God as being separate from you, which is why you are in the form of a living being (jiva). Because there is no weakness in God, your weaknesses will go away, and thereafter You will have the perpetual, exact experience that You yourself are the God.
It is when people continue to call him ‘Chandu, Chandu,' and that affects him and he believes, 'I am Chandu.' The effect of illusion (bhranti) does not budge. Otherwise, the Self is indeed the absolute Self.
Only a Savior Can Save You
Questioner: What should one do to attain the state of the absolute Self (Parmatma)?
Dadashri: For that, you must attain the Gnani Purush's grace, and if you want to get to that stage gradually, you have to obtain the Agna (directive) from the Gnani Purush. And if
