““Even though [an ascetic] may wear white or ochre attire, yet vikalp (the belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’ and all the relative ‘I-ness’ that stems from it) does not go away. A householder will have false notions (vikalp) that, 'I am aquiring things,' whereas an ascetic will have false notions that 'I am renouncing.' Just imagine, there is nothing but vikalp, vikalp, and vikalp! In such a situation, how can one become nirvikalp (free from the belief that, ‘I am Chandubhai’ and with the right belief that, ‘I am pure Soul’)?””
![“Even though [an ascetic] may wear white or ochre attire, yet vikalp (the belief that ‘I am Chandubhai’ and all the relative ‘I-ness’ that stems from it) does not go away. A householder will have false notions (vikalp) that, 'I am aquiring things,' whereas an ascetic will have false notions that 'I…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/778/dada-bhagwan-31_faith_even-though-an-ascetic-may-wear-white-or_1813414.jpg)
![“If you remain in the state of ‘I am Pure Soul’, then despite activities, you are inactive (non-doer) and if [your belief is] ‘I am Chandubhai’, then even if you are sleeping and snoring away, you are active (doer).” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70d/dada-bhagwan-31_ignorance_if-you-remain-in-the-state-of-i-am-pure_394081.jpg)
![“The worldly [spiritual] science is methodic (kramic) in nature; one progresses “step by step”; one has to ascent one step at a time. Whereas this here, is Akram Vignan, a path of step-less spiritual science; it is a science that has arisen after 10 Lac (a million) years. In this path, one travels…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78b/dada-bhagwan-31_akram-vignan_the-worldly-spiritual-science-is-methodi_1477.jpg)
![“In the worldly life, due to maadakta (intoxication of the ego of ‘I am Chandubhai’), one has completely lost awareness of everything about one’s self. Everything in the worldly life is nothing but intoxication. The food is intoxicating, the senses are intoxicating. [Therefore] Go to the one, who…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b3/dada-bhagwan-31_absolute_in-the-worldly-life-due-to-maadakta-into_3662.jpg)
![“Through the grace of a thief, one can become a thief and through the grace of a Gnani [the enlightened one], one can become a Gnani [the enlightened one].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/102/dada-bhagwan-31_enlightened_through-the-grace-of-a-thief-one-can-bec_4725.jpg)
![“Where there are kashays (anger-pride-deceit-greed), there is worldly life. As long as anger-pride-deceit-greed exist; one is a sansaari [living a worldly life] regardless of whether one is an ascetic or a family man. And where anger-pride-deceit-greed are absent, one is regarded as being asansaari…” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ec/dada-bhagwan-31_anger_where-there-are-kashays-anger-pride-dece_5756.jpg)
![“Skills (learning) or lack of skills is all egoistic knowledge (ego based knowledge). Ego-free Knowledge is called (true) Knowledge [Gnan].” quote by Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b36/dada-bhagwan-31_egoism_skills-learning-or-lack-of-skills-is-all_9081.jpg)
