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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
The whole position becomes thus untenable. Consciousness
is unlimited. On becoming limited it simply arrogates to itself
the position. There is really nothing to witness. IT is. simple
BEING.
Talk 181.
D.: Yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama. Which is that
dhama? Is it not the Absolute state beyond cosmic consciousness?
M.: Yes.
D.: ‘Na Nivartante’ would mean not covered by ignorance again.
M.: Yes.
D.: Does it follow by inference that those who reach Cosmic
Consciousness have not escaped from the clutches of ignorance?
M.: That is what is meant by saying that all lokas, even the Brahma
loka, do not release one from rebirth. Vide. the Bhagavad Gita:
“Reaching ME, there is no rebirth .... All others are in bondage.”
Moreover, so long as you think that there is gati (movement) - as
implied in the word gatva (having gone to) - there is punaravritti
(return) also. Again gati implies your Purvagamanam (birth). What
is birth? It is birth of ego.
Once born you reach something; if you reach it you return also.
Therefore leave off all this verbiage! Be as you are. See who
you are and remain as the Self, free from birth, going, coming and
returning.
D.: True. However often this truth is heard, still it eludes us and we
forget it.
M.: Quite so. Reminders are often necessary.
Talk 182.
In the course of the day an interesting photo was missing. Sri Bhagavan
appeared concerned about it. Mr. Frydman asked how Sri Bhagavan
viewed all these matters. Sri Bhagavan said: “Suppose you dream that
you are taking me to Poland. You wake up and ask me. ‘I dreamt so
and so. Did you dream so or know it? Or how do you view it’?”
D.: But you are not aware of the happenings in front of you?
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