Gnani: Yes, after separation whatever is left, is your Real Self. ‘I’ is the Real You. Should you not inquire into this? Is this method of separating the ‘I’ from ‘My’ not simple?

Questioner: It appears to be simple but how are we going to make the separation at the sookshmatar and sookshmatam levels? Without a Gnani, this is not possible.

Gnani: Yes. That is what the Gnani Purush does for you. That is why I say separate ‘I’ and ‘My’ with the ‘Gnani’s separator’. What do all the teachers of our scriptures call this separator?

They call it bheda Gnan. It is the Science of separation. How are you going to take away the ‘My’ without this Science? You do not have the precise knowledge of what comes under ‘I’ and what comes under ‘My’. Bhed Gnan means ‘I’ am totally separate from everything that is mine. It is only through meeting a Gnani Purush that one acquires this Science of separation.

Is it not simple once this separation between the ‘I’ and the ‘My’ is made? Does not the Science of Self-Realization become simple this way? The method I have shown makes further progress in Atmagnan easy. Otherwise in this day and age, one can go on reading the scriptures to the point of exhaustion and still not attain Self-Realization.

Questioner: We need someone like you to help us understand all this, do we not?

Gnani: Yes, it is absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, meeting a Gnani Purush is very rare. In fact, it is indeed an extremely rare occasion when a Gnani Purush comes into existence. At such a time, you need to seize the opportunity and acquire Self-Realization from him. There is no charge for this. It does not cost you anything. Furthermore, the Gnani can give you this separation within one hour. Once you have acquired the knowledge of the Real ‘I’,

…to be continued in next part…

–from the book shivoham

–Shikha Punjani