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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Let the cosmic mind worry about such happenings. If the
individual wants to know let him discover his Self.
D.: About yogic mysteries of drinking nitric acid, swallowing poisons,
walking on fire, etc., are these due to a state of vibration?
M.: Let the physical body question it. You are not physical. Why
worry about what you are not. If the Self had any form it might be
affected by objects. But the Self has no form, therefore it is immune
from contact with things.
D.: What is the significance of the sea of Love?
M.: Spirit, Holy Ghost, Realisation, Love, etc., are all synonymous.
D.: Very, very illuminating conversation.
Mr. N. Subba Rao: What is visishtadvaita?
M.: The same as this.
D.: They do not admit maya?
M.: Sarvam is Brahman, we say. They repeat Brahman remains
qualified (visishta) in all.
D.: They say that the world is a reality.
M.: We say so too. Acharya has only said, “Find out the reality behind
the world.” What is called illusion by one is called changefulness
by another. The end is the same in both.
Dr. Hand: Maharshi! Do not think we are bad boys.
M.: Do not tell me so. But you need not think you are bad boys.
All laughed and dispersed at 5 p.m.
Sri Bhagavan a minute later: If they remain a day longer they will
become silent.
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Mr. Subba Rao: Do not men go into samadhi?
M.: Is there no samadhi now?
D.: Is it eternal?
M.: If not, how can it be real?
D.: Then?
M.: There is no then, no now.
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