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Talk 365.
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
As Sri Bhagavan was continuing in the same strain, a visitor asked
how to overcome the identity of the Self with the body.
M.: What about sleep?
D.: There is ignorance prevailing.
M.: How do you know your ignorance in sleep? Did you exist in
sleep, or not?
D.: I do not know.
M.: Do you deny your existence in sleep?
D.: I must admit it by my reasoning.
M.: How do you infer your existence?
D.: By reasoning and experience.
M.: Is reasoning necessary for experience? (Laughter)
D.: Is meditation analytical or synthetic?
M.: Analysis or synthesis are in the region of intellect. The Self
transcends the intellect.
Talk 366.
Before leaving at 3-30 p.m., Mrs. Dodwell raised a second question,
asking what is meant by neti-neti.
M.: There is now wrong identification of the Self with the body,
senses, etc. You proceed to discard these, and this is neti. This
can be done only by holding to the one which cannot be discarded.
That is iti alone.
Talk 367.
21st February, 1937
A Marathi lady, a casual visitor then taking leave, was almost on the
point of bursting into tears; she asked; I know that mukti is impossible
in one life. Still may I not have peace of mind in this life?
The Master looked at her very kindly and said smiling softly: Life and
all else are in Brahman alone. Brahman is here and now. Investigate.
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