THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Shree Samarth finally says that the being undergoes all types of grief
on account of the feeling that he is “The Body”, with the onset of the real knowledge that he is
“The Atman” confers on him total bliss.
END OF THE EIGHTH SAMAS
THE NINTH SAMAS – SIDDHALAKSHAN (THE SIGNS OF THE SIDDHA)
One who is in complete unification with his own self is the Siddha.
The own self which also called the Atman, the Brahma or the Parbrahma is the aim of the
deliberations in the Vedas and they have called it as the only thing which is not only permanent,
creator of all else but also the creator of itself.
The Siddha from within is completely united with the real self but
from without his bodily karmas continue which are akin to the things happening in a dream. He
never ever separates from the Atman and therefore although he seems to be amongst all he really
speaking isn’t in them at all. He has no worries. For others he seems to be a Sadhak all the time but
factually he isn’t. Yet as he knows everything about himself he continues his Sadhana with the
fullest faith and without any doubt. He also is always in a state of complete bliss from within and
without irrespective of the state of his body. The secret of attaining the state of the Siddha is the
constant unification with the Atman forever from deep inside despite the fact that the body has to
do its destined karmas. The Siddha has no desires and lusts. He is devoid of anger or hatred. The
basic reason for this is the fact that he is enlightened about the self and sees it in everything and
thence realizes that everything else is nothing but the reflections of his own self and that being the
case there is nothing left for the desires or lusts and nothing to be frowned upon or hated.
The Siddha doesn’t engage himself in any type of unnecessary
debates, he is free from any of the diseased states of either the body or the psyche, he is beyond the
boundaries of the visible because he has reached and unified with the Parbrahma by leaving behind
the visible. He has nothing to do with the basic elements as he knows that they are the creations of
the Maya. He doesn’t grieve about anything because he sees himself in all the forms. He isn’t
affected by anything as he has dissolved his mind and thence doesn’t allow it to come into play
anytime. He thus isn’t either apprehensive or afraid of anything. He doesn’t differentiate between
anything for he himself sees them as his own expressions. For the same reason he is very soft in his
behavior towards one and all.
The Siddha isn’t bothered about the future. As he becomes the
Parbrahma himself he acquires everything associated with it and therefore being without any
attributes he never feels anything for his body as it ceases to exist for him. He reaches that
transcendental where the normal human mind can’t even imagine reaching. Like the Parbrahma he
also is the purest thing imaginable or really speaking beyond imagination. He forever lives in the
formless form of the Parbrahma and not for a single moment loses his unification with it.
Shree Samarth therefore advises us to have the companionship of the
Siddha by which we also can imbibe his qualities. He also tells us to practice and study how to
remain in the state of the Atman. He asks us to keep our wisdom at the place of the Atman
unwaveringly. This will at least help us in shedding our vices. Shree Samarth says that different
people living in different conditions get different types of experiences which will be described in
the next samas.