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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
separate. So long as there is the sense of separation there will be
afflicting thoughts. If the original source is regained and the sense
of separation is put an end to, there is peace.
Consider what happens when a stone is thrown up. It leaves its
source and is projected up, tries to come down and is always in
motion until it regains its source, where it is at rest. So also the
waters of the ocean evaporate, form clouds which are moved
by winds, condense into water, fall as rain and the waters roll
down the hill in streams and rivers, until they reach their original
source, the ocean, reaching which they are at peace. Thus, you
see, wherever there is a sense of separateness from the source
there is agitation and movement until the sense of separateness
is lost. So it is with yourself. Now that you identify yourself with
the body you think that you are separate from the Spirit - the true
Self. You must regain your source before the false identity ceases
and you are happy.
Gold is not an ornament, but the ornament is nothing but gold.
Whatever shape the ornament may assume and however different
the ornaments are, there is only one reality, namely gold. So also
with the bodies and the Self. The single reality is the Self. To identify
oneself with the body and yet to seek happiness is like attempting to
cross a river on the back of an alligator. The body identity is due to
extroversion and the wandering of the mind. To continue in that state
will only keep one in an endless tangle and there will be no peace.
Seek your source, merge in the Self and remain all alone.
Rebirth means discontent with the present state, and desire to
be born where there will be no discontent. Births, being of the
body, cannot affect the Self. The Self remains over even after
the body perishes. The discontent is due to the wrong identity
of the Eternal Self with the perishable body. The body is a
necessary adjunct of the ego. If the ego is killed the eternal Self
is revealed in all its glory.
The body is the Cross. Jesus, the son of man, is the ego or ‘I
am-the-body’ idea. When he is crucified, he is resurrected as
the Glorious Self - Jesus, the Son of God! — “Give up this life
if thou wouldst live”
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