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from this false identification—thinking that I am this matter, although I am seeing every day, at every moment, that I am not this matter. Soul is permanently existing, while matter is changing. This misconception, this illusion, is called  ahaṅkara , false ego. And your liberation means when you are out of this false ego. What is that status?  Aham brahmāsmi . I am  Brahman , I am spirit. That is the beginning of liberation.
Of course, one may be suffering from disease, from fever, and the temperature may come down to normal, 98.6 degrees. So he is now normal, but that is not the cure. Suppose for two days he has a 98.6 degree temperature, but with a slight change of diet, a slight change of behavior, the temperature rises immediately to 100. Relapse. Similarly, simply purifying the mind, rejecting this false  ahaṅkara  identification—I am not this body, I am not this matter; I am soul—this is not liberation. It is only the beginning of liberation. If you stick to this point, and continue—just as you might continue your activities and keep your temperature at 98.6 degrees—then you are a healthy man.
For example, in the West now there is some propaganda for taking intoxication. The people want to forget the bodily existence. But how long will you forget? There will be a relapse. You can forget for one hour or two, by intoxication, and think that I am not this body. But unless you are actually on the platform of understanding yourself by knowledge, it is not possible to continue. Still, everyone is trying to think, “I am not this body.” They have experience that they are suffering so much on account of bodily identification, and so, “If only I could forget my bodily identification!”
This is only a negative conception. When you actually realize yourself, simply understanding that you are  Brahman  will not do. You have to engage in the activities of  Brahman . Otherwise you will fall down. Simply flying very high is no solution to the problem of going to the moon. Nowadays the fools are