Conversations on Spiri Divine - 8

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Disciple: - There is a chance of having confusion in understanding what Sri Ramakrishna’s state of existence is in the realms of the spirit. Is He a human soul evolved into a state of Paramahamsa or is He a divine incarnation? In the history of religions we know that there are prophets, sages, rishis and divine incarnations. I am interested to know the differences between these classifications and the particular state in which Sri Ramakrishna is existing.

Swamiji: - Yes, there is such a confusion existing. There are different class of divine personalities such as prophet, sages and incarnations of God. Those who are ordained to be messengers of God as Jesus Christ and Mohammed Nabi are treated as prophets or messengers of God. Souls highly evolved by passing through spiritual practices are men of realizations and they are called sages. Some among them get revelations of spiritual secrets through divine beings of the plane of God-consciousness. There are different planes of existence in this universe where the human soul can go after leaving this plane of earth and

realize the fruits of his actions. The plane of God-consciousness is the highest among them. Divine beings reside there to carry on the works of Cosmic being. It is they who reveal the spiritual secrets to sages and rishis. Men of spiritual realizations are called sages in general. Some of them are ordained to have revelations of spiritual secrets and they were called rishis in ancient India. I have already told you that there is a special class of divine

personalities manifested from the Cosmic being to protect the righteous and to subdue the unrighteous. They are called divine incarnations of God in India. Some of them are born to make adjustments suited to different ages and places in affairs of religion. A Paramahamsa is said to be a man of highest realization. After attaining the state of Brahman if one remains in a human body he is called a Paramahamsa. Sri Ramakrishna was one such. Some people called Him a Paramahamsa, while some others called Him an incarnation of God. He is in fact

all these and beyond these states as well. I told you that He was born from the plane of sublime luminosity and divinity as declared by Him. That plane is beyond all these diversities and that is really the state of cosmic consciousness. There is no distinction there between religions or sects. Personal Gods with or without forms, of the plane of God consciousness are existing according to the conceptions of the prophets, founders and followers of different faiths and religions. In the cosmic state of consciousness such differences do not and can not exist. Although born as a Hindu, by divine will Sri Ramakrishna led His life as an uncle moon for all the class of people. He was a Hindu and at the same time He was a Christian and Muslim as well. He had followers and disciples also from all these religions. He went through different spiritual practices as taught by different religions and realized the highest goal according to them. Further He attained Nirvikalpa Samadhi (the highest

super conscious experience) where there is no existence of ego or differentiations of name and form or of time, space and causation.

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