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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: No. They are super-sensual. It is like this:
Gross
Subtle
Primal
Isvara
(Universal)
Universe
Sound and Light
- Nada, Bindu
Atma (Self)
Param (transcendental)
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Jiva
(Individual)
Body
Mind and
Prana
Atma (Self)
Param (transcendental)
They are ultimately the same.
The subtle body of the Creator is the mystic sound Pranava, which
is sound and light. The universe resolves into sound and light and
then into transcendence - Param.
Talk 216.
Maharshi gave the meaning of Arunachala:
Aruna = Red, bright like fire.
The fire is not ordinary fire which is only hot.
This is Jnanagni (Fire of Wisdom) which is neither hot nor cool.
Achala = a hill.
So it means Hill of Wisdom.
29th June, 1936
Talk 217.
Mr. A. Bose, an engineer from Bombay, asked: Does Bhagavan feel
for us and show grace?
M.: You are neck-deep in water and yet cry for water. It is as good as
saying that one neck-deep in water feels thirsty, or a fish in water
feels thirsty, or that water feels thirsty.
D.: How may one destroy the mind?
M.: Is there a mind in the first place? What you call mind is an illusion.
It starts from the ‘I-thought’. Without the gross or subtle senses
you cannot be aware of the body or the mind. Still it is possible for