Dadavani - Impediments In The Path Of Liberation | August 2006 | Dadavani

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Impediments in the path of liberation

It is held that a life as a human being is very difficult to attain even for a celestial being.
Why? The reason for this is that salvation—absolute enlightenment and liberation is only
possible through life as a human being. However, for this one must have made a meaningful
goal as a human being. In the absence of meeting a true Gnani one continues to remain in
agnan—ignorance of the Self and in that state one wastes away precious human life in creating
and running after meaningless goals, not understanding the critical value of having become
a human being. After meeting an AtmaGnani—one who has experienced the Self—one can
attain AtmaGnan—knowledge of the Self and thereafter, one makes a firm decision that
except for ultimate liberation he does not want anything in this world. Having embarked on
the path of liberation such a traveler faces multiple impediments and pitfalls partly due to lack
of precise understanding and partly due to carryover of past life practice effects. These
impediments pose great danger and if not well understood could derail one off the main path
of liberation despite having embarked upon it as a result of fruition of great merit karma.