Sri Bhagavan smiled and said:

[Guest guest]

You do not leave one place for another. You are always stationary. The

scenes go past you. Even from the ordinary point of view you sit in your

cabin and the ship sails but you do not move. It is the picture that moves

on and away.

 

D. : I see, but I can understand it only after I realise the Self.

 

M. : The Self is always realised. Were the Realisation something to be

gained hereafter there is an equal chance of its being lost. It will thus be

only transitory. Transitory bliss brings pain in its train. It cannot be

liberation which is eternal.

 

Were it true that you realise it later it means you are not realised now.

Absence of Realisation of the present moment may be repeated at any moment

in the future, for Time is infinite. So too, such realisation is

impermanent. But that is not true. It is wrong to consider Realisation to be

impermanent. It is the True Eternal State which cannot change.

(from Talk; 609)

[Guest guest]

Dear Miles:

This settles that issue once and for all.

Love,

Alton

 

 

RamanaMaharshi, Miles Wright <ramana.bhakta@v...> wrote:

>

> You do not leave one place for another. You are always stationary.

The

> scenes go past you. Even from the ordinary point of view you sit in

your

> cabin and the ship sails but you do not move. It is the picture

that moves

> on and away.

>

> D. : I see, but I can understand it only after I realise the Self.

>

> M. : The Self is always realised. Were the Realisation something to

be

> gained hereafter there is an equal chance of its being lost. It

will thus be

> only transitory. Transitory bliss brings pain in its train. It

cannot be

> liberation which is eternal.

>

> Were it true that you realise it later it means you are not

realised now.

> Absence of Realisation of the present moment may be repeated at any

moment

> in the future, for Time is infinite. So too, such realisation is

> impermanent. But that is not true. It is wrong to consider

Realisation to be

> impermanent. It is the True Eternal State which cannot change.

> (from Talk; 609)