Guest guest Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Mr. B. C. Das, a Lecturer in Physics of Allahabad University, asked: “Does not intellect rise and fall with the man?” Maharshi: Whose is the intellect? It is man’s. Intellect is only an instrument. Disciple: Yes. Does it survive man’s death? M.: Why think of death? See what happens in your sleep. What is your experience there? D.: But sleep is transient whereas death is not. M.: Sleep is intermediate between two waking states, so also death is between two successive births. Both are transient. D.: I mean when the spirit is disembodied, does it carry the intellect with it? M.: Spirit is not disembodied. The bodies differ. It may not be a gross body. It will then be a subtle body, as in sleep, dream or daydream. Intellect does not alter; the bodies may differ according to circumstances. D.: The spirit-body is the astral body then? M.: The intellect is the astral body now. D.: How can it be? M.: Why not? You seem to think that the intellect cannot be limited like a body. It is only an aggregate of certain factors. What else is the astral body? D.: But intellect is a sheath? M.: Yes. Without intellect, no sheath is cognised. Who says that there are five sheaths? Is it not the intellect that declares thus? Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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