myself

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Dear list,

I am not a very learned person in this matters but

let me offer a possible explanation for the question.

 

Even though I read in books that I am God myself,

the question remains whether you have realised God,

Because those who know he is God will always be humble

and see themselves everywhere and everything in

themselves.

 

It is in this sense that religion differs from

science; in science I am an observer to the happening

around me and a person doing the experiment and maybe

at the receiving end of the experiment too,for ex. the

atom bomb. On the other hand in religion, I am the

person who is being changed. The more I learn to

believe and love the more closer I come to God.

 

One more possible explanation is following Swami

Vivekananda's exposition that the world is a " naitik

vyayamgaar " (I am not sure there can be a translation

of the term to English), we learn the " niti " s and

express the God himself within us. Becoming God

himself, I cannot be egotistic any longer, although I

will have a brilliance which may sometimes be mistaken

as arrogance by people who do not understand.

 

It is for this reason that people of God realisation

have a very tough task compared to normal people. They

not only remain in God consciousness but also set an

example to the people aspiring to God consciousness.

The perfected amongst them are hence called as

Paramhansa, the hansa who can drink the milk from the

mixture of water and milk in this mixture of the

world, who stays on the surface of bhavsagar and knows

what goes on everywhere without a visible effort.

 

Although debating and argumenting is necessary for

grasping the initial idea of God, beyond a point the

only person walking on the path shown by my Guru will

be me alone and none of the persons I was argumenting

with.

 

To conclude, a better question would be " where will

I find a Guru suitable for me? "

 

regards,

GB

 

 

 

--- Vivekananda Centre <vivekananda

wrote:

> Dear List

>

> The following pointed questions are sent from a

> person who came to listen to a talk I gave at

> Bristol temple.

> May I request you to respond?...............jay

>

> <vivekananda;

> <hindu

> Monday, March 21, 2005 9:40 PM

> ..... from bristol

>

>

> > Dear Sir

> >

> > i am god my " self " ........if this is true, then who

> to pray and why to

> > pray? no prayers..isn't it? prayer is to self and

> all other gods who have

> > realised and who havn't!! why pray at all if you

> realise the brahman!

> >

> > moreover...ramakrishna paramahamsa is a non

> dualist, then what about all

> > those things on talking to kali etc,...in the

> sense ramakrishna says to

> > vivekananda things like.....u don't believe in

> kali......the mother told

> > me this and that!!!

> > Regards,

> > S.......

>

>

------response\

----------------

>

> Dear S.......

>

> I am going to take the liberty of sending this

> message to our Ramakrishna

> List for the members to react to your very valid

> questions. I will not

> disclose your email address or name to the list, but

> let us see what kind of

> interesting response comes from the devotees of Sri

> Ramakrishna.

>

> regards

> jay

>