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M.: No. Not so. The method is only one. Uddalaka started teaching Sat eva
Somya (There is only Being ) illustrating it with Svetaketu’s fast.
(1) Sat, the Being in the individual, is made obvious by the fast.
(2) This (sat) Being is similar in all, as honey gathered from different
flowers.
(3) There is no difference in the sat of individuals as illustrated by
the state of deep sleep. The question arises - if so, why does not
each know it in sleep?
(4) Because the individuality is lost. There is only sat left. Illustration:
rivers lost in the ocean. If lost, is there sat?
(5) Surely - as when a tree is pruned it grows again. That is a sure
sign of its life. But is it there even in that dormant condition?
(6) Yes, take the instance of salt and water. The presence of the salt in
water is subtle. Though invisible to the eye it is recognised by other
senses. How is one to know it? What is the other means?
(7) By enquiry, as the man left in the Gandhara forest regained his
home.
(8) In evolution and involution, in manifestation and resolution, sat alone
exists. Tejah parasyam, devatayam (the light merges in the Supreme).
(9) An insincere man is hurt by the touch of fire test. His insincerity
is brought out by fire. Sincerity is Self-evident. A true man or a Self
realised man remains happy, without being affected by the false
appearances (namely the world, birth and death, etc.), whereas the
false or ignorant man is miserable.
29th November, 1935
Talk 106.
Swami Yogananda with four others arrived at 8.45 a.m. He looks big,
but gentle and well-groomed. He has dark flowing hair, hanging over
his shoulders. The group had lunch in the Asramam.
Mr. C. R. Wright, his secretary, asked: How shall I realise God?
M.: God is an unknown entity. Moreover He is external. Whereas, the
Self is always with you and it is you. Why do you leave out what
is intimate and go in for what is external?
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