Shrimad Rajchandra's Reply to Gandhiji's Questions
Gandhiji asked... "Is it possible for a person to know for certain, while he is still living, whether or not he will attain moksha?"
Shrimadji replied... "If our arms are tied with a rope wound several times round them and if the twists of the rope are loosened one after another, we feel the loosening of each twist and in the end become conscious of the rope having been removed.
In like manner as the innumerable bonds, the products of ignorance, which bind the atman loosen one by one, the latter becomes conscious of progressing towards moksha, and when the bonds are about to fall off, the atman shines forth with the light of its essence and knows beyond doubt that it is about to be delivered from the bonds of ignorance.
While still dwelling in this body, it comes out of the state of ignorance, etc., and becomes conscious of its pure essence and of its absolute otherness and freedom from all relations.
In other words, it is possible to experience the state of moksha even while living..."
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