to avasa- they are all the same ONE?

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"they are ALL the same One."

 

this is the conclusion of the JNANIS.. our beloved shri ramakrishna

whose isthadevata was maa bhavatarini of the dakshineshwer temple, in

calcutta , came to this same conclusion a series of spiritual

experiences.....

 

please read this ....

 

"Totapuri, shri ramakrishna's guru, asked Ramakrishna to withdraw

the mind completely from all objects and dive into the Atman. This

shri ramakrishna was used to doing to have ecstatic communion with

the Divine Mother. But when he tried to go to a still higher plane,

there was She always, blocking his way to a vision of the formless

absolute by presenting Her own charming form to his sight. Totapuri

pressed a pointed piece of glass between his eyebrows and told him to

concentrate all his energies at that point. Sri Ramakrishna once

again concentrated intensely and when the vision of the Mother

appeared before him he used his discrimination as a sword to severe

the image in two and soared into the heights of Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

Totapuri closed the doors and left him in that state and to his utter

amazement, he remained rigid and lost to the outer world for three

days. At the end, in disbelief Totapuri reentered and slowly began to

bring his disciple back into waking consciousness by chanting a

sacred mantra - Hari OM. He was astonished that Ramakrishna had

attained in one day what it had taken him forty strenuous years to

accomplish."

 

YES, here you have the example of a great devotee of Kali

reaching 'brahman' realization by temporarily abandoning his intimate

relationship with his Divine mother kali to focus on the ultimate

reality called 'brahman'....

 

but does it mean that after he becama a jnani , he ceased to be a

bhakta? shri ramakrishna retained his "ego of devotion' to the end

so he could be in the company of his disciples and lead them on the

spiritual path.

 

namaste!

 

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