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Question (asked by Mukherji) : `Why does one deviate from path of yoga?'

 

SR: `As saying goes : " In my mother's womb I was in a state of yoga,

coming into the world, I have eaten its clay. The midwife has cut one

shackle, the naval cord. but how shall I cut the shackle of maya? "

 

" Maya is nothing but " woman " and " gold " . A man attains yoga when he has

freed his mind from these two. The self- the supreme Self- is the

magnet. the individual self is the needle. The individual self

experiences the state of yoga when it is attracted by the Supreme Self

in to itself. But the magnet cannot attract needle if the needle is

covered with clay. it can draw the needle only when the clay is removed.

The clay of " woman " and " gold " must be removed.

 

Mukherji : " How can one remove it? "

SR : `Weep for God with a longing heart. Tears shed for Him will wash

away the clay. When you have freed yourself from the impurity, you will

be attracted by the magnet. Only then you will attain yoga.'

 

 

I have a small doubt, is not Sri Ramakrishna in the answer given above

brings a duality, by saying Supreme-Self and individual self?

 

 

saravam vasudevamayam jagath

Prashanth G