nothing to get, nothing to attain

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To speak of a time to come - to hope for it - when I will be "realized", is

absolutely meaningless. It is to set my faith, my interest - upasana - on a

particular state of consciousness, for example the state of consciousness

of Ramana's body (sarira). To desire salvation (moksha) is a false word at

the level of the Absolute (paramartha).

 

Pay no attention either to the idea of being realized or to that of not being

realized. All that steadily inflates the ego. So long as I think of an ego that

has to be transcended or annihilated, I am simply feeding it! The sadhana

for moksha lies simply in the stopping (nivritti) of the manas. A sadhana

that does not even think of itself as such.

 

Nothing to get, nothing to attain to become free. Having rejected salvation,

he has rejected (everything) - (he is) avadhuta, the one who is free from

everything!

 

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Abhishiktananda: Ascent to the Depth of the Heart, diary entry April 19th and

20th, 1973

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