THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

who is the most knowledgeable one, I submit to him and then he blesses me is all the play of
imagination. Once this dream is over after awakening it is felt that all that was seen in this dream
was utterly untrue, in the same vein when the body mind intellect conglomerate is shown the door
the real knowledge dawns. In a common man’s knowledge there are only two things possible about
anything, either it is there or it isn’t. Both of them are because of the lack of real knowledge. The
Parbrahma is eons away from both these perceptions; in fact it is there in the purest form with the
inherent powers that are beyond the comprehension of a common man. Suffice it to say that it is the
ultimate power.
When the visible disappears only a vacuum remains. The pure
knowledge of the self is beyond this. It enables you to attain the most natural state after
experiencing that there is no difference between me and the Atman. It also enables you to stay in
that state which accrues eternal bliss. All the karma of the body are done in this state without ever
dissociating from it though for others you haven’t changed at least the bodily form of yours.
When you listen to the attributes of the knowledge of the self you at
least realize that you don’t have that knowledge. It is also a sign that spiritualism is dawning upon
you. Now you start imbibing the meaning of this state deep inside you whereby you will get some
idea of the bliss. Whatever has been told in the form of words is in the sphere of the Maya and
hence as untrue as a dream. After you get the final enlightenment you will be in the state of eternal
bliss which is beyond the power of the words. Here there is no place for duality, there is no
experience afterwards and hence no one to experience that and the words become utterly
meaningless. Shree Samarth therefore asks us to read between the lines repeatedly. You had seen a
dream in the dreams as said earlier but when you were awakened with the advent of the knowledge
of the self you not only found out the worthlessness of the words but also the indescribable bliss.
The disciples asked some questions pertaining to the subject and
Shree Samarth said that the subject of discussion being highly intriguing he will tell the gist of it
again for better understanding of it. The being who doesn’t have any birth or death is no one else
but you. The sub dream you saw while you were dreaming is nothing but what you see and do in
this universe. The dream was, I am the body mind intellect conglomerate. The awakening is, I am
the Atman. The sub dream you saw was what you always feel, all this is mine. Herein itself you
decided what is good and what is not and then you submitted yourself to the Guru who explained to
you the knowledge of the pure self. You then knew that you were dreaming which has dawned
upon you just now. Now when you will have the final enlightenment you will find all else
worthless and also the eternal bliss which is the real state of awakening.
First all the chaos of deliberations of knowledge by words will stop.
Then its meaning will appear. The true meaning will be understood. Consistent thinking over it will
give you a feeling that you have experienced the truth and also that, “This is the real awakening”
but this also is an illusion. What happens is the experience of the visible dissolves in the experience
of the rhythmic vacuum. This rhythm is in the form of nothingness. Still at this stage you are not
awakened from sleep and the dream continues.
Even if you have awakened your dreaming hasn’t stopped. You still
say in that dream that you are freed of the birth and death cycle. Shree Samarth says that no doubt
the experience goes very near to the truth yet some illusion still remains. Total awakening is
beyond this experience which is also naturally beyond any words. It is a state of being stateless, the
most natural state where there is no place for anything. The very basics of even the greatest wisdom
are rooted out here and therefore this bliss is indescribable. I hope you will be able to know about