Day by Day with Bhagavan Afternoon 24-3-45

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I wasreading `Vichara Sangraha' (`Self Enquiry'). I came

across the statement thatsomething in the heart Naan NaanenRu

Spurittukkon>dirukkiRatu. i.e., something is shining orsounding as

`I' , `I' in the heart. I have always had doubt what

exactly theword `sphurana' means. So I asked Bhagavan and he

said, "It means viLangkuvatuor viLakkuvatu' i.e., which shines

or illuminates." I asked, "Is it nota sound we hear?"

Bhagavan said, "Yes, we may say it is a sound we feelor become aware

of". He also referred to the dictionary and said, "Theword means

`throbbing', `springing on the memory', `flashing

across the mind `.Thus both sound and light may be implied in the

word sphurana.Everything has come from light and sound."

 

I asked Bhagavan what it is that `shines',whether it is the ego

or the Self. He said it was neither the one, nor theother, but something

in between the two, that it is something which is acombination of the

`I' (Self) and the `I' thought (ego), and that the Self

iswithout even this sphurana.

 

Explaining how the Self is merelight and how it is both the word or

sound and also that out of which word orsound originally came, Bhagavan

said, "Man has three bodies, the gross one madeout of the five

elements, the sukshma or subtle one made of manasand prana, and the

jiva. Similarly even Iswara has threebodies. All the manifested

universe isHis gross body, light and sound are His sukshma body, and the

Self His jiva."