We are indeed fortunate to have His simple teachings

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" Consider the following:-

 

A man sleeps. He says on waking that he slept. The question is asked:

'Why does he not say in his sleep that he is sleeping?' The answer is

given that he is sunk in the Self and cannot speak, like a man who has

dived in water to bring out something from the bottom. The diver

cannot speak under water; when he has actually recovered the articles

he comes out and speaks. Well, what is the explanation?

 

Being in water, water will flow into his mouth if he were to open the

mouth for speaking. Is it not simple?

 

But the philosopher is not content with this simple fact. He explains,

saying that fire is the deity presiding over speech; that is inimical

to water and therfore cannot function!

 

This is called philosophy and the learners are strugling to learn all

this! Is it not a sheer waste of time? Again the Gods are said to

preside over the limbs and senses of the individual. They are the

limbs and senses of Virat. So they go on explaining Hiranyagarbha,

etc. Why should confusion be created and then explained away?

 

Ah! Fortunate is the man who does not involve himself in this maze!

 

I was indeed fortunate that I never took to it. Had I taken to it, I

would probably be nowhere - always in confusion. My purva vasanas

(former tendencies) directly took me to the enquiry " Who am I " It

was indeed fortunate! "

 

( From Talk # 392 , ' Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi ' published by Sri Ramanasramam )

 

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