Talk 443. Talk 444.

[Guest guest]

Talk 443.

A visitor asked: The illustration of the mirror relates to the sense of

sight only. The world is perceived by the other senses also. Can the

unreality be established in relation to the other senses as well?

M.: A figure on the screen in the cinema show appears to watch the

whole world. What is the reality behind the subject and the object

in the same show? An illusory being watches an illusory world.

D.: But I am the witness of the show.

M.: Certainly you are. You and the world are as real as the cinema

figure and the cinema world.

 

Talk 444.

An advocate visitor: The mind becomes aware of the world through

the senses. When the senses are active, one cannot help feeling

the existence of the world. How can karma yoga be of any use for

pure awareness?

M.: The world is perceived by the mind through the senses. It is of the

mind. The seer sees the mind and the senses as within the Self and

not apart from it. The agent, remaining unaffected by the actions,

gets more purified until he realises the Self.