Receiving Gnan has seemed to dissolve the veil between the Self and what I'd taken myself to be.

Having been on the spiritual path for many years, attended countless retreats, spent time with the "best" teachers and to top it off suffered from the arrogant belief that I was "spiritually advanced" because of all that, what happened after receiving Gnan was life-altering, as the seeing is now from the Self which is directly perceived to be separate from the mind, body, thoughts, nervous system and everything else connected to the personal. It is seen that no aspect of the personal has anything remotely to do with awakening to the truth -- not meditation, stopping thoughts nor generating good ones, emotional healing, attaining health, creating wealth or anything else the mind could come up with.

The concept of this radical change of perception was not new to me, and for many years I had an ongoing intuitive and conscious knowledge of it.
However, fleeting experiences, intuition and developed intellect, or what might be described as an enlightened viewpoint, are not the same as waking up from the dream.

Before Gnan, I was actively concerned with and engaged in getting rid of aversive attachments which caused emotional pain, mostly by endeavoring to allow the pain, surrender to the pain, meet the pain, etc. There was a perceived someone who was trying to manipulate the situation in order for it to go away. There was an underlying and pervasive belief that somehow, clearing the emotional pain would lead to liberation, though the intellect would surely have denied that.

Since receiving Gnan, there is an awareness that transcends personal emotional experiences, which is not to say experiences are no longer arising. Rather, they are seen for what they are and there is a natural detachment that is reflected in a more relaxed and surrendered experience of the personal.

As well, since receiving Gnan I am very aware of "sweet attachments" which were so easily overlooked before and not seen as "problematic", like attachment to the worldly fruits of personal freedom and feel-good experiences like reading novels and other such activities. Though no vow has been taken to avoid doing or engaging in anything, now there is a natural attunement to and listening to the Self and this seems to affect and inform how the personal operates.

Relationships have also changed. Being aware of the Self in the apparent other, there is an absence of clashing, tension and power struggles. When these tendencies arise, Pratikramam (forgiveness/repentance) seems to arise on its own.

Much gratitude to Deepakbhai and all the wonderful people in this organization who so freely and lovingly support the awakening of humanity everywhere through the offering of the amazing gift of Gnan and the path of Akram Vignan.

Jai Sat Chit Anand