A Gnani Purush Like This Is Indeed My Pure Soul

In the current era of the time cycle, for the living beings who are entangled in temporary pleasures and pain, who are roasting like sweet potatoes in a charcoal pit, the path to attain eternal bliss and final liberation has been pointed out by the Gnani Purush Shri Ambalal Muljibhai Patel [Dadashri], who was from the town of Bhadran, and in His sacred bodily form, Dada Bhagwan manifested naturally in the complete state, in June 1958 on Surat Station. In the span of just one hour, He attained the unprecedented Knowledge of the Self and all the deep secrets of the world were revealed! As soon as the Gnan (Knowledge of the Self) manifested, He saw the universe. How does this world run? Who is God? Who runs this world? Who am I? On what basis does all this come together? From the point the Gnan manifested, the body was separate and He as the Self was separate; that state constantly prevailed for Him, and He was also able to make us experience the Self in the Gnan Vidhi

(Scientific experiment to impart Self-realization).

In the current edition, while giving specific explanations on the experience of the pure Soul, Dadashri says, “In the Gnan Vidhi, the conviction of the state of the pure Soul sets in, and then going forward, the established awareness ( laksh) sets in, and so the conviction does not get disrupted. Then, as it gradually comes into experience, One is able to See One’s own Real form ( Swaroop). Now, who can make us attain this experience? It is the Gnani Purush, who constantly prevails in the state of the pure Soul, who has nothing at all left to Know. So, if ever one meets such a Gnani Purush, then one should get the work done for one’s own Self.

Details have been given on the Knowledge of the Self and the form of the Self in the scriptures, however, they have been given at a very subtle level, so it is extremely difficult to reach the actual depth in this era of the time cycle. To attain the actual understanding, the experienced Gnani Purush is needed. Lord Krishna has said, “The Gnani Purush is indeed my Soul.” Shrimad Rajchandra has also said, “The Gnani Purush is the absolute Self with a physical body.”

For the established awareness ( laksh) of the pure Soul to set in is a very big deal, it is extremely difficult. Laksh means jagruti (awakened awareness) and jagruti is not the final

Gnan. The final Gnan is the natural state ( Swabhaav) of absolute Knowledge of the Self. And it is possible to experience this through the grace of the Gnani. To Know the Self, one must go to the Gnani Purush, because liberation lies only at His feet. The Gnani is indeed one’s own pure Soul, He is one’s own Soul. Devotion towards the Gnani is the equivalent of devotion towards the pure Soul, and that itself is devotion towards the absolute Self. If one meets the Gnani and attains His grace, then liberation is attained effortlessly. That is why Dadashri tells mahatmas (those who have received Self-realization through Gnan Vidhi),

“Even if you follow ‘our’ Agnas (five directives that preserve the awareness as the Self in

Akram Vignan) and keep worshipping Dada, Your work will be accomplished.”