Maharshi - The Being-consciousness is always there

[Guest guest]

In the course of a later talk, the visitor said : The world sends

impressions and I awake!

M. Can the world exist without someone to perceive it? Which

is prior? The Being-conciousness or the rising-conciousness?

The Being-consciousness is always there, eternal and pure. The

rising-conciouseness arises and disappears; it is transient.

D. Doesn't the world exist for others even when I am asleep?

M. Such a world also mocks at you for knowing it without knowing

yourself. The world is the result of your mind. Know your mind,

then see the world. You will realize that it is not different from the

self.

D. Is not Maharshi aware of himself and his surroundings, as

clearly as I am?

M. To whom is the doubt? The doubts are not for the realized;

they are only for the ignorant.

 

 

 

 

 

from :

Talks with Ramana Maharshi

InnerDirections Publishing , 2000

page 45