Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Fire, light, daytime, the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern solstice—those who depart during this time, who are knowers of Brahman, attain Brahman. Those who travel on the bright path, meaning the path of abundant light, first come under the domain of the deity of fire, who is of the form of light. Up to where the domain of the deity of fire extends, having crossed that, the deity of fire hands that jiva over to the deity of the day. The deity of the day takes that jiva to the limit of his domain and hands it over to the presiding deity of the bright fortnight. That deity of the bright fortnight, having crossed his boundary, delivers that jiva to the presiding deity of the northern solstice. Then, that presiding deity of the northern solstice hands them over to the presiding deity of Brahmaloka. In this manner, they sequentially... From there, they hand over to the Ativahika deities, and the Ativahika deities deliver them directly to God. Therefore, it is non-return. Otherwise, they do not return a second time. Then, that presiding deity of the northern solstice hands them over to the presiding deity of Brahmaloka. In this manner, they sequentially reach Brahmaloka. They remain there for the lifespan of Brahma. Then, during the great dissolution, they are liberated along with Brahma and go towards Paramatma. This is only said up to Brahma. 'Brahmavid vido janāḥ brahma gacchanti.' That is, because this path is mentioned, Brahma has to be included. Both these languages, you see, are like that. It is complex language. Complex, meaning it is dual-meaning language. So... If the path is taken, Brahma must be included. And if the path is not taken, then it should be understood that they go to God. If you take the meaning as the path itself, then this applies. If the path is not taken, then these deities come. These are all deities. 'Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Like that. Those are its deities. He attains those deities. The jiva does not attain the day itself. Departing from this body, he comes under the domain of the fire-carrying deities of the fire deity. They take him and hand him over to the deity of the day. The deities of the day hand him over to the deities of the bright fortnight. The deities of the bright fortnight hand him over to the deity of the northern solstice. The deities of the northern solstice take him to Suryaloka. From Suryaloka, if Brahma... If he is to go to the abode of God, then from Suryaloka, the Ativahika deities deliver him directly to the abode of God. And as for this yogi yogi 1) A person who has mastered the art of yog. 2) A person who has attained siddh-dashã and other extraordinary powers. Tap to open in glossary → And then, if he has not gone there to enjoy pleasures based on merit, but has gone due to a deficiency, then after resolving the deficiency in the realm of Brahma, when Brahma's lifespan ends, his liberation occurs. Maharaj has also said in the Vachanamrut that Brahma has no rebirth. Because his father is capable, he protects him. Over a long period. Over a long period, this sequential liberation means that he matures in this one and goes to the next, matures in the next and goes to the one after that; so doesn't that mean the deficiency is being resolved? Immediate deficiency is resolved in the human body. So it is not resolved there. There, he resolves the deficiency by living for a kalpa. So is this called the Archi path? Archi path. It is called the Archi path. Then up to Brahma, it is half Archi path. Up to Brahma, it is called the Archi path. After the Archi path, when the jiva is handed over to the Archi deities, then it is called the Archi path; but in reality, in the Brahma Sutras, the Ativahika deities take him from Suryaloka. Then if he goes from Suryaloka, why doesn't he go from here itself? Why does he go from there? Where? Just as one is to go to the abode of God. Now, God has given authority to everyone, right? In each other's area, they do not allow others to enter, do they? In each other's area, they do not allow others to enter. Do the people of Bidar go and interfere in Gulbarga? They would say, 'You look after your own place.' So everyone has their own area. Thus, those areas of the deities are fixed. By God. Here, immediate liberation occurs by becoming jivanmukta, and the Ativahika deity takes him and delivers him to the abode of God from Suryaloka—what is the difference in that? In which two? Immediate liberation and sequential... The way Maharaj has established is entirely different. It aligns with the scriptural way, and there is no opposition to the scriptural way, that is all. But still, Maharaj has established a way different from all scriptural ways. In the description here right now, if he is not delayed in the realm of Brahma, having become free of desires, the path for both is the same. The fire deities, the deities of the day, the deities of the bright fortnight, the deities of the northern solstice, and then the realm of Brahma. That is not of return, but of sequential liberation. So from Brahma, having lived there for a kalpa, then in that too, he can go to Prakriti-Purusha and so on. And he goes to the abode of God, so it is indeed liberation, not return. But the liberation is sequential liberation, not immediate liberation. Who gets immediate liberation and who gets sequential liberation? To put it simply, one who has become free of desires gets immediate liberation. Then sequential liberation occurs. And if it is slightly more, then return occurs. If there is more attachment, return occurs. And if there is slight attachment, he goes to the realm of Brahma and enters sequential liberation. If he does not enter sequential liberation, and by this very path goes to Suryaloka, and the Ativahika deities deliver him directly to the abode of God, then that is called immediate liberation. Does it happen according to the jiva's desire or according to eligibility? Does it happen according to the jiva's desire or according to eligibility? It happens according to eligibility, of course. Suppose he has fallen into sequential liberation, and then he feels that 'this is going to be long here,' so if he wants to return to a human body, can he? He does not return. Once there is prarabdha, he must experience it. Then that prarabdha is said to be his, and even Brahma's is said to be so. If he has come into prarabdha, then from here, for example, a jiva is a seeker. And his birth... while walking on the path of God, he remained immature. And he fell from yoga. God said of him, 'Śucīnāṁ śrīmatāṁ gehe yoga-bhraṣṭo 'bhijāyate.' Or, 'Yogīnām eva kule bhavati dhīmatām.' He is born in a family of yogis, meaning he became a sadhu. And then in just two years, he did his work properly, thinking 'I have become liberated.' Still, he has to live for as long as his prarabdha lasts; God does not take him away in two years just because of liberation. In that way, the prarabdha of this place must be completed; similarly, if he goes to the realm of Brahma, he must complete it. Then he cannot return from the middle of it. Prarabdha is like an arrow that has been released; it must be completed. So wherever he goes, even if he comes to the human world, he must complete whatever prarabdha God has given before departing. Even if he had become liberated beforehand. It happens like that; it can happen that way, there is nothing impossible about it. His prarabdha might be of 70-80 years, and if he gets the right association and strives sincerely, he might become like a liberated soul in 25-30 years. Even if he becomes like a liberated soul in 25-30 years, God does not take him away immediately. Whatever prarabdha is there, and its joys and sorrows to be experienced, those indeed have to be experienced. And when his prarabdha ends, if he still remains the same, then God takes him. Otherwise, in between, if those shifting winds blow from time to time, thinking 'it is not good to become too liberated, we are better off just as we were,' then he reverts to how he was. Suppose a liberated soul gets an idea of it while still alive, and he prays to God, 'I do not want to go into that sequential liberation; even by giving me another birth, deliver me.' Then does he come into a human birth, or does he still have to go into sequential liberation by force? I did not understand. Suppose one who has slightly less desire goes into sequential liberation. If such a jiva, while still alive, prays to God... AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details