'The Soul' ~ Conclusion

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>From our previous post...

 

When that surrender is complete, then that Self alone will remain. And if

individuality be thus lost, it is well lost. For this loss of individuality is

not a loss. It is the loss of the greatest of all losses, the loss of the self;

it is therefore the highest of all possible gains, the gain of the real Self.

The effect of this surrender is thus described in the ancient lore: “As the

rivers flowing into the ocean, and therein losing name and form, become one

with the ocean, so does the Sage, losing name and form, become one with the

Supreme Being, who is the transcendental Reality.”

 

[To continue...}

 

“Even leaving aside the truth that the ego is unreal, it has to be said that

what the Sage has lost is just a mathematical zero, while what he has gained is

the Infinite Reality. This is expressed by the Sage as follows — in one of his

hymns to Arunachala: “What profit hast thou got, O Arunachala, taking me — of

no worth here and hereafter — in exchange for Thyself, the greatest of all

gains?” “This surrender to the real Self, to become final and perfect,

needs to be effected by the Quest of the real Self in the manner taught in a

later chapter. And since surrender is the culmination of devotion, the seeker

of Deliverance needs to cherish devotion to the real Self. When this devotion

becomes perfect, then it will be possible to enter on and persist in the Quest

till success is won — till the real Self reveals Himself.”

....This post hereby concludes the chapter called The Soul by Sri Lakshmana

Sharma. The title of the book is: "Maha Yoga" and it can be downloaded,

free-of-charge from Sri Ramanasramamhttp://www.ramana-maharshi.org/

 

anbudan

 

John