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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
very doubt, “Can I realise?” or the feeling, “I have not realised”
are the obstacles. Be free from these also.
D.: But there should be the experience. Unless I have the experience
how can I be free from these afflicting thoughts?
M.: These are also in the mind. They are there because you have
identified yourself with the body. If this false identity drops away,
ignorance vanishes and Truth is revealed.
D.: Yes, I feel it difficult. There are disciples of Bhagavan who have
had His Grace and realised without any considerable difficulty. I
too wish to have that Grace. Being a woman and living at a long
distance I cannot avail myself of Maharshi’s holy company as much
as I would wish and as often as I would. Possibly I may not be
able to return. I request Bhagavan’s Grace. When I am back in my
place, I want to remember Bhagavan. May Bhagavan be pleased
to grant my prayer!
M.: Where are you going? You are not going anywhere. Even
supposing you are the body, has your body come from Lucknow to
Tiruvannamalai? You had simply sat in the car and one conveyance
or another had moved; and finally you say that you have come here.
The fact is that you are not the body. The Self does not move. The
world moves in it. You are only what you are. There is no change
in you. So then even after what looks like departure from here, you
are here and there and everywhere. These scenes shift.
As for Grace - Grace is within you. If it is external it is useless. Grace
is the Self. You are never out of its operation. Grace is always there.
D.: I mean that when I remember your form, my mind should be
strengthened and that response should come from your side too. I should
not be left to my individual efforts which are after all only weak.
M.: Grace is the Self. I have already said, “If you remember Bhagavan,
you are prompted to do so by the Self.” Is not Grace already there?
Is there a moment when Grace is not operating in you? Your
remembrance is the forerunner of Grace. That is the response,
that is the stimulus, that is the Self and that is Grace.
There is no cause for anxiety.
D.: Can I engage in spiritual practice, even remaining in samsara?
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