Guru - [15]

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Q: There are disciples of Bhagavan who have had his

grace and realised without any considerable

difficulty. I too wish to have that grace. Being a

woman, and living at a long distance I cannot avail

myself of Maharshi's holy company as much as I would

wish and as often as I would. Possibly I may not be

able to return. I request Bhagavan's grace. When I am

back in my place, I want to remember Bhagavan. May

Bhagavan be pleased to grant my prayer.

A: Where are you going? You are not going anywhere.

Even supposing you are the body, has your body come

from Lucknow to Tiruvannamalai? You simply sat in the

car and one conveyance or another moved. And finally

you say that you have come here. The fact is that you

are not the body.

The Self does not move, the world moves in it. You are

only what you are. There is no change in you. So then,

even after what looks like departure from here, you

are here and there and everywhere. These scenes shift.

 

As for grace, grace is within you. If it is external

it is useless.

Grace is the Self. You are never out of its operation.

Grace is always there.

 

Q: I mean that when I remember your form, my mind

should be strengthened and a response should come from

your side too.

I should not be left to my individual efforts, which

are after all only weak.

A: Grace is the Self. I have already said, if you

remember Bhagavan, you are prompted to do so by the

Self.

Is not grace already there? Is there a moment when

grace is not operating in you? Your remembrance is the

 

forerunner of grace. That is the response, that is the

stimulus, that is the Self and that is grace. There is

no cause for anxiety.

 

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Be As You Are

The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

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