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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: You were not aware of the world and its sufferings in your sleep;
you are conscious of them in your wakeful state. Continue in
that state in which you were not afflicted by these. That is to say,
when you are not aware of the world, its sufferings do not affect
you. When you remain as the Self, as in sleep, the world and its
sufferings will not affect you. Therefore look within. See the Self!
There will be an end of the world and its miseries.
D.: But that is selfishness.
M.: The world is not external. Because you identify yourself wrongly with
the body you see the world outside, and its pain becomes apparent to you.
But they are not real. Seek the reality and get rid of this unreal feeling.
D.: There are great men, public workers, who cannot solve the problem
of the misery of the world.
M.: They are ego-centred and therefore their inability. If they remained
in the Self they would be different.
D.: Why do not Mahatmas help?
M.: How do you know that they do not help? Public speeches, physical
activity and material help are all outweighed by the silence of
Mahatmas. They accomplish more than others.
D.: What is to be done by us for ameliorating the condition of the
world?
M.: If you remain free from pain, there will be no pain anywhere. The
trouble now is due to your seeing the world externally and also
thinking that there is pain there. But both the world and the pain
are within you. If you look within there will be no pain.
D.: God is perfect. Why did He create the world imperfect? The work
shares the nature of the author. But here it is not so.
M.: Who is it that raises the question?
D.: I - the individual.
M.: Are you apart from God that you ask this question?
So long as you consider yourself the body you see the world as
external. The imperfections appear to you. God is perfection. His
work also is perfection. But you see it as imperfection because of
your wrong identification.
D.: Why did the Self manifest as this miserable world?
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