Guest guest Posted June 4, 2003 Report Share Posted June 4, 2003 Question: Is the thought `I am God' or `I am the Supreme Being' helpful? Sri Ramana Maharshi: `I am that I am'. `I am' is God, not thinking `I am God'. Realize `I am' and do not think `I am'. `Know I am God', it is said, and not `Think I am God'. All talk of surrender is like pinching brown sugar from a brown sugar image of Lord Ganesha and offering it as Naivedya (food offering) to the same Lord Ganesha. You say you offer your body, soul and all possessions to God. Were they yours that you could offer them? At best, you can only say, 'I falsely imagined till now that all these which are yours were mine. Now I realize they are yours. I shall no more act as if they are mine.' This knowledge that there is nothing but God or Self, that I or mine don't exist and that only the Self exists, is Jnana (knowledge). Thus there is no difference between Bhakti and Jnana. Bhakti is Jnana Mata (devotion is the mother of knowledge). Jai Bhagavan Love baba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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