Guest guest Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Verse > 301. Every > deity that is worshipped appears (in a vision) and then > disappears; the Self is eternally present; > hence, > He > alone is > the real Deity. > (33) > > (33) Devotees who do > not yet know that the true God is the Real Self sometimes > have a vision of God in the particular form in which they > have conceived Him. As He is really the Self, He is > formless; hence, these visions are unreal; therefore, they > disappear. They, however, serve to confirm and enhance the > devotion of the worshipper and thus conduce to his > emancipation through grace. The true vision of God is > Self-Realization; it may be described as eternal God-vision, > because the Self can never disappear. God-forms are in > relativity; they are real (only) while ego > lives. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > These > quotations are from the book, Guru--Ramana--Vachana--Mala by " Who, " > published by Sri Ramanasramam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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