HOW IS REALISATION MADE POSSIBLE?

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Devotee: How is Realisation made possible?

 

Maharshi: There is the absolute SElF from which a spark proceeds as

from fire. The spark is called the ego. In the case of an ignorant man

it identifies itself with an object simultaneously with its rise. It

cannot remain independent of such association with objects. The

association is ajnana or ignorance, whose destruction is the objective

of our efforts. If its objectifying tendency is killed it remains pure,

and also merges into the source. The wrong identification with the body

is dehatmabuddhi ('I-am-the-body idea'). THis must go before good

results follow.

 

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