Guest guest Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > JNANA SIDDHI, IS NOT INACTIVITY > > QUESTIONER: Can a man act, move about and speak who has attained this > Self-knowledge (Siddhi), as is now described? > > SRI BHAGAVAN: Why not? Do you mean to say that realization of Self means > to be like a stone or to become nothing? > > QUESTIONER: I do not know, but they say that to withdraw from all > sense-activity, from all thoughts, all life-experiences, i.e., to cease to > be active, is the highest state. > > SRI BHAGAVAN: If so, what is the difference between this state and deep > sleep? Besides, if it is a state, however exalted it be, that appears and > disappears and is therefore not natural and normal to the self, how can > that represent the eternal presence of the supreme Self, which persists in > all states and indeed survives them? It is true that there is such a state > indispensable in the case of some. It is a temporary phase of one's > practice, or a state that persists to the end of the life if that be the > Divine will or the destiny (Prarabdha). In any case, you cannot call it > the highest state. Great men, the Liberated, are said to have been very > active and are indeed active; Ishwara (God) Himself is obviously not in > this supremely inactive state. Otherwise you may as well say that God as > well as all the Liberated Souls have not attained the highest state. >From AHAM ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://uk.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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