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What is Enlightenment?
Enlightenment is the knowledge and the understanding of the inherent qualities of the Soul (the true Self) as well as the non-soul (the non-self).
The one, who knows the qualities or the natural attributes of the Self as well as the non-self and has been through the process of separation between the two, i.e. the Real Self and the relative self, is said to have acquired Enlightenment.
Can enlightenment be acquired through Yoga, Meditation, Puja, Chanting Mantras or any other religious rituals?
It is not possible to attain enlightenment through yoga, meditation, puja, chanting mantras or any religious rituals. Neither is it possible to attain it through one’s own efforts. It is impossible for you to look for light as long as you believe darkness to be light; you will only understand darkness when someone shows you light.
How can I attain permanent enlightenment (knowledge of the Soul)?
Only a Self Enlightened Avatar, one who is the enlightened one, can give you Self realization or Self Enlightenment Just as you need a goldsmith to separate gold from a ring made from a mixture of gold and copper, you need a Gnani Purush to separate the Self from the non-self. The goldsmith is able to separate gold and copper because he knows the properties of each of the metals; similarly the Gnani knows the properties of the Soul as well as the non-soul. Only the Avatar (Gnani Purush) can separate the Self and the non-self for you.
The separation of gold and copper is possible because the two metals are in the form of a mixture rather than a compound. Similarly, the Self and the non-self are in a mixture form and not a compound, which is exactly why it is possible to separate one element from the other. That is why the Avatar (Gnani Purush) is able to make a separation and make you understand your real Self.
Is it possible for even a married person to acquire enlightenment so easily?
The answer is ‘yes, most definitely’! There is such a way. You can acquire enlightenment even while living with your wife and fulfilling your marital, parental and other worldly duties. On the contrary, you will also have the freedom to do whatever you wish; you can go to the cinema, get your children married, wear beautiful clothes etc. What other guarantees do you need?
All the freedom you want is yours. This path of Akram Vignan is a shortcut path to enlightenment and Self-realization. It does not require any efforts or sacrifices on your part. Dadashri, the Avatar (Gnani Purush) will give you your Soul in your hands, thereafter you will enjoy the bliss of the experience of your real Self.
This path of Akram Vignan is the ‘elevator path’. Instead of climbing the stairs one step at a time as is the case in the traditional kramic path, all you have to do is sit in the ‘elevator’ which will take you all the way to Moksha and what is more, you will not bind any new karma along the way!
Is there another lifetime for me after Enlightenment through Akram Vignan (Gnan)?
You have had a past life and you will also have a future life too. This enlightenment is such that it will give you Liberation (Moksha) in a couple of lifetimes. First comes the freedom from ignorance, from causal salvation (freedom from bondage new karmas), then comes the final liberation (Moksha), after a couple of lifetimes. Because of the present time-cycle you will still have at least one more birth to go.
On the day the Gnani gives you Self realization through his spiritual ceremony called Gnan Vidhi, He severs the ropes of ignorance that have kept you bound for infinite lives and awakens your soul.
The experience of a sense of freedom is enough. You should experience the awareness that you have been freed. This liberation is not fiction, a joke or hearsay; it is very real.