Maharshi's Gospel - 18

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D. How then can we communicate our thoughts to one another ?

 

Maharshi : That becomes necessary if the sense of duality exists.

 

D. Why does not Bhagavan go about and preach the truth to the people at large ?

 

M. How do you know I am not doing it ? Does preaching consist in mounting a platform and haranguing the people around ? Preaching is simple communication of knowledge; it can really be done in silence only. What do you think of a man who listens to a sermon for an hour and goes away without having been impressed by it so as to change his life ? Compare him with another who sits in a holy presence and goes away after sometime with his outlook on life totally changed. Which is the better , to preach loudly without effect or to sit silently sending out inner force ?

Again , how does speech arise ? There is abstract knowledge , whence arises the ego , which in turn gives rise to thought, and thought to the spoken word. So the word is the great grandson of the original source. If the word can produce effect , judge for yourself ,how much more powerful must be the preaching through Silence ! But people do not understand this simple , bare truth , the truth of their everyday , ever-present , eternal experience. This truth is that of the Self . Is there anyone unaware of the Self ? But they do not like even to hear of this truth , whereas they are eager to know what lies beyond, about heaven , hell , and reincarnation.

Because they love mystery and not the truth , religions cater to them so as eventually to bring them round to the Self. Whatever the means adopted , you must at last return to the Self: so why not abide in the Self here and now ? To be a spectator of , or to speculate about , the other world , the Self is necessary ; therefore they are not different from the Self. Even the ignorant man , when he sees the objects , sees only the Self.