Dadashri: The Soul has three states:

1. Dharmadharma Atma (Mudhatma) – One who believes this relative world as real. The one who is asleep (without any awakened awareness, ajagrut) in this world.

2. Gnanghan Atma (Antaratma) – The one who has just awakened to the Self (jagrut), interim state of the Self, ‘I am pure Soul.’

3. Vignanghan Atma (Parmatma) – The absolute Self, continuously and constantly aware.

When a person progresses from the state of dharmadharma (in duality of relative religion) and attains the grace of the Gnani Purush, he arrives at the state of a Gnanghan Atma (the Self). The Atma is Gnanghan (only knowledge), and it is eternal. Gnanghan means the knowledge of the distinction between ‘what is real’ (the Self) and ‘what is relative’ (the non-Self)! This means that as one begins to recognise the difference between the permanent and the temporary, he comes into the ‘theory of reality’ and attains moksha. The person then attains the awareness of Shuddhatma (the pure Soul) and alakh niranjan (the rare state of attainment of the Atma), his work is done.

This worldly life (sansar) is ‘relative’, and You (the Self) are ‘real’. So stay on the side of the ‘real’ and do nikal (settle with equanimity) with the ‘relative’. Will you not have to exorcise the ‘demons’ (kashay) that have taken ‘possession’ of you for so long? This is a science. And in science there cannot be matbhed. Matbhed exists in dharmadharma (i.e. in ‘relative’ religions). All the religions out there have matbhed and vikalp (false belief). For how long are they considered vikalp? For as long as there is Dharmadharma Atma (mudhatma; deluded soul ‘I am Chandubhai’). That which keeps pushing away adharma is dharma. Hey! If you do not get along with adharma, then live without attachment and abhorrence (raagdwesh)!

But can one live that way? One lives with abhorrence for adharma and attachment towards dharma! The dharmadharma soul is a state of delusion; a state of wrong belief. ‘Relative’ religions are considered dharmadharma. It is good to practise ‘relative’ religion, one’s life ahead will be better; one will eat better, and things will run well. But all these are just temporary comforts.

Going to moksha does not mean that you have to push aside adharma or anything else. In order to go to moksha, you have to settle both dharma and adharma with equanimity. Dharmadharma is the nature of the body, mind, intellect and the prakruti (‘relative’ inherent nature); whereas the Atma’s nature is vitarag. If you want to maintain the nature of vitarag, then do not fall in love with dharma, and do not bicker with adharma. “All these ‘relatives’ (non-Self) are ‘temporary’, and the ‘real’ (the Self) is permanent.”

The Gnani Purush can give you Gnanghan Atma (pure Soul), which lifts you out of the state of dharmadharma (relative religion). As long as there is Dharmadharma Atma, there will be aimless wandering, life after life. The fruit of dharma is worldly happiness (sukh) and the fruit of adharma is worldly misery (dukh). Through dharma, one attains more of the worldly life (sansar). And when You come into “theory of reality,” you attain the Gnanghan Atma. What lies beyond that? The “Theory of Absolutism”! That is Vignanghan Atma (the absolute Self).

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