Guest guest Posted September 4, 2003 Report Share Posted September 4, 2003 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > REALIZATION AND BODILY EXPERIENCE > > QUESTIONER: Then what is the difference between the bound man and the one > liberated? > > SRI BHAGAVAN: From the Heart, the Self-center, there is a subtle passage > leading to the Sahasrara, or Power-center. The ordinary man lives in the > brain unaware of himself in the Heart. The Jnana Siddha (liberated or > Self-realized man) lives in the Heart. When he moves about and deals with > men and things, he knows that what he sees is not separate from the one > Supreme Reality, the Brahman, which he realized in the Heart as his own > Self, the Real. > > QUESTIONER: What about the ordinary man? > > SRI BHAGAVAN: I have just said that he sees things as outside himself. He > is separate from the world, from his own deeper truth, from the truth that > supports both him and what he sees. The man who has realized the supreme > Truth of his own existence realizes that it is the one supreme Reality that > is there behind him, behind the world. In fact, he is aware of the One, as > the Real, the Self in all selves, in all things, Eternal and Immutable, in > all that is impermanent and mutable. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://mail.messenger..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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