Maharshi - the real Eye

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The question whether forms are real is therefore separately dealt with by the Sage. He says : "If the self be with form, then the world and God would be so too. But if the self be formless, then how and by whom are forms to be seen ? Is the spectacle ever otherwise than as the seeing eye is? The real Eye is just the real Self; It is infinite Consciousness , formless and wordless." The meaning was explained by the Sage himself as follows : "if the eye that sees be the eye of flesh, then gross forms are seen: if that eye be assisted by lenses, then even invisible things are seen to have form; if the mind be the eye, then subtle forms are seen; thus the seeing eye and the object seen are of the same nature;

that is, if the eye be itself a form, it sees nothing but forms. But neither the phisical eye nor the mind has any power of vision of its own; the real Eye is the Self; as He is formless, being the pure and infinite Consciousness, the Reality, He does not see forms." Forms are created by the very act of seeing. *****

MAHA YOGA or The Upanishadic Lore in the Light of the Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana By 'Who' (K. Lakshmana Sarma). published by : T.N. Venkataraman Sri Ramanasramam , 1973