THE DASBODHA BY: SADGURU SHREE SAMARTH RAMDAS ...

Without the presence of this knowledge (The Atman) in you, you will
be dead. The Atman inside you is inside the entire universe. Here the audience says that if this is
true then why can’t we understand what is going on in others’ mind or even the sensation in one
organ can’t be experienced by the other organs?
Shree Samarth answers the queries. All the plants live on water yet
there is a difference between their branches, leaves etc. Whichever part we severe gets dried and
not the others. In the same manner the body is divided in different parts and the sensation of one
part isn’t experienced by the other. Many bodies are there and they also can’t understand the mind
plays of the other bodies. Yet there is no difference at the state of the Atman from the perspective
of the feeling. The feeling of pain or any other sensations is the same for all the bodies and their
various parts. It seems that the Atman in every body is different but this is so because of the
difference in the mindset inside the bodies.
Some people know it by seeing or hearing and the wise know it by
testing the inner self. They do it secretly so as not to harm the feelings of anyone. This way the
wise comes to know about everything. It is a simple rule that people believe others only after
knowing what is going on in their mind. It is a common occurrence that the memory is very short
term in nature. That being the case we tend to forget most of the things.
This cycle of instability revolves in more instable ways. It doesn’t
differentiate between the prince and the pauper. Memory is God, amnesia is devil and the mixture
of them is the human being. You have to apply thought and wisdom to understand the underlying
meaning of that. You should be able to understand the others’ soul through your own. It is like
looking into the mirror.
You have to become micro to understand the micro and then imbibe
it. Understand others’ thoughts by applying your thought. Understand the others’ mind and feelings
by being involved in them and later on by dissolving your mind and feelings in them. This way you
can know the thoughts, feelings, desires etc. of others by becoming micro. While remembering
when you suddenly forget it signifies the duality. The conviction that I am the real thing is
remembrance which is omnipresent. The feeling that I am the body is forgetting which absence of
everything is.
The humans go on learning but at the same time go on forgetting
what they had learnt in the past. It is like light ahead but darkness behind. There is a strange
mixture of knowledge and the lack of it in them. One always gets the feeling that he knows but
when the time comes he can’t reproduce it, he understands but can’t put that into practice. He can
talk of many things but can’t perform when the time comes. All these are the outcome of this
strange mixture. He has to completely drive away the forgetfulness for his further progress.
END OF THE SEVENTH SAMAS