4,826 Quotes About Self

The entire world is in parparinati (the belief of ‘I am doing’ in what are results of the non-Self), no one has seen Swa-parinati (the natural state of the Self). Swa-parinaam (the resultant state as the Self) is verily the state of the absolute Self (Parmatma pad).

The body is pudgal parinaam (the resultant state of that which is continuously undergoing change through the process of input and output) and Swa-parinaam (the resultant state as the Self) is within. The entire world is pudgal parinaam.

Dehadhyas (the belief that ‘I am the body’) will leave only when the belief of 'I am Pure Soul' prevails. Dehadhyas does not leave by simply saying, "The wife and children are not mine.

To have 'Known' means that dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') goes away. But in this case, dehadhyas has not gone and one has the intoxication of 'I know'; so what will become of him?

Once dehadhyas (the belief that 'I am the body') is gone, the naturalness of the body increases a fraction at a time. And to whatever extent it becomes natural, that much samadhi (freedom from the effects of mental, physical, and externally-induced problems) will arise!

How can one let go of dehadhyas (the belief that, 'I am the body') whilst residing in dehadhyas? For that, go to a Gnani (a Self-realized being), the One who has become a tarantaaranhar (One who has become liberated and can liberate others). The dehadhyas cannot go away through dehadhyas.

Where there is dhyan (meditation; internal state of being), there is no egoism and where there is egoism, there is no dhyan.

Purusharth (spiritual effort to progress as the Self) is such that it can only happen after attaining Purush (the Self). In fact, the prakruti (non-Self complex) is making you dance forcibly and on top of that you say, "I am doing this." That is known as bhranti no purusharth (illusory effort). That cannot be real spiritual effort to progress as the Self. It is only after the Self and the non-Self complex become separate that real spiritual effort to progress as the Self can happen.

When does Purusharth (real spiritual effort to progress as the Self) arise? It begins after the Gnani Purush (enlightened One) makes you a Purush (the Self). Until then the efforts that are going on are subject to the prakruti (non-Self complex), one dances according to the tunes of the prakruti, and yet we have to accept it. That is bhrant purusharth (illusory effort).