Guest guest Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Dear Friends, i have received the following message from Sri V.Ganesan whicvh I am forwarding to all . Love, in His grace, Alan > > > Good Morning ! > > Today is the Birthday of Lord Ganesa [ 'Ganesa' means 'the Lord of the Cosmos' ] ! Let us > celebrate it with the Holy Words, uttered by the Lord of the Cosmos = ' BHAGAVAN SRI > RAMANA MAHARSHI ' = the True King of the ' True Kingdom of Heaven' = " HEART " > : > > > ********************************************************************************\ ****** > > Maharshi : You speak of the differences between the lower and the higher minds, pleasures and > pains. What becomes of these differences in your sleep? > > Devotee : But I want to be wide awake. > > M : Is this your wide awakened state ? It is not. It is only a dream in your long sleep. All > are in sleep, dreaming of the world and things and actions. > > D: This is all Vedanta, I have no use for it. The existing differences are not imaginary. > They are positive. However, what is that real waking ? Can Maharshi tell us what he has found > it to be ? > > M: Real waking lies beyond the three states of waking, dream and sleep. > > D: I am really awake and know that I am not in sleep. > > M: Real waking lies beyond the plane of differences. > > D: What is the state of the world then ? > > M: Does the world come and tell you " I exist " ? > > D: No. But the people in the world tell me that the world needs spiritual, social and moral > regeneration. > > M: You see the world and the people in it. They are your thoughts. Can the world be apart > from you ? > > D: I enter into it with love. > > M: Before entering thus do you stand aloof ? > > D : I am identified with it and yet remaining apart. Now I came here to ask Maharshi and hear > him. Why does he ask me questions ? > > M: Maharshi has replied. His reply amounts to this : Real waking does not involve differences. > > D: Can such realisation be universalised ? > > M: Where are differences there ? There are no individuals in it. > > D: Have you reached the goal ? > > M: The goal cannot be anything apart from the Self; nor can it be something to be gained > afresh. If that were so, such goal cannot be abiding and permanent. What appears anew will > also disappear. The goal must be eternal and within. Find it within yourself. > > > ******************************************** > > D: How shall we be able to remember the truth experienced in dreams ? > > M: Your present waking state, your dreams and your desire to remember are all thoughts. They > arise only after the mind has arisen. Were you not existing in the absence of the mind ? > > D: Yes, I was. > > M: The fact of your existence is also your realisation. > > D: I understand it intellectually. The truth is felt in temporary flashes only. It is not > abiding. > > M: Such thoughts smother up the state of your eternal realisation. > > D: The rough and tumble of town life is not congenial to realisation. Jungle retreats afford > the necessary quiet and solitude. > > M: One can be free in a town and may yet be bound in jungle retreats. It is all in the mind. > > -- from TALKS WITH SRI > RAMANA MAHARSHI (No.476) > > ********************************************************************************\ ******** > > Love, > Ganesan. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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