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others etc. We have to behave in actual life
as the liberated self, free, unconcerned and
uninvolved, choiceless and desireless. Those,
who dare not go all the way, may try it even
for half a day once a month or so. When you
try to remain in that state, you will be bereft
of all result-oriented actions, still, calm and
subject to no reaction even if the heavens
were to fall. You will not react to any news,
good or bad, will not advise or instruct any
body in connection with any worldly affairs,
nor attend to or make any telephone calls
however emergent they may be and will not
keep a cell-phone by your side. You will not
bother even if the President or Prime Minister
of a country were to visit you.
Even if we may not rank with Janaka,
by repeatedly hearing the Ashtavakra Gita,
understanding would dawn one day. There
cannot be an easier technique than Ashtavakra's.
The third method is elimination of "I'.
The ego is the "I' sense which identifies itself