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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
creations are purposeful; they serve the dream-purpose. The
dream water quenches dream thirst. The dream creation is however
contradicted in the waking state. The waking creation is contradicted
in the other two states. What is not continuous cannot be real. If
real, the thing must ever be real - and not real for a short time and
unreal at other times.
So it is with magical creations. They appear real and are yet illusory.
Similarly the universe cannot be real of itself - that is to say, apart
from the underlying Reality.
Talk 316.
There is fire on the screen in a cinema show. Does it burn the screen?
There is a cascade of water. Does it wet the screen? There are tools.
Do they damage the screen?
That is why it is said achchedyoyam, adahyoyam, akledhyoyam, etc.
Fire, water, etc. are phenomena on the screen of Brahman (i.e., the
Self) and they do not affect It.
6th January, 1937
Talk 317.
Mr. Parkhi: Many visitors here tell me that they get visions or thoughtcurrents
from you. I am here for the last month and a half and still I have
not the slightest experience of any kind. Is it because I am unworthy of
your grace? If so, I feel it disgraceful that I being Vasishtakulotpanna
(of the lineage of Vasishta) should not have your grace, while far-off
foreigners should have it. Will you kindly suggest some prayaschitta
(method of expiation) for removing this disgrace?
M.: Visions and thought-currents are had according to the state of mind.
It depends on the individuals and not upon the Universal Presence.
Moreover, they are immaterial. What matters is Peace of Mind.
D.: Peace of mind is the result of trance. How is trance got?
M.: Trance is only absence of thoughts. That state prevails in sleep.
Do you have enduring peace of mind on that account?
D.: It is said in the journal maintained in the Asramam that trance
is necessary.
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