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D.: I enter into it with love.
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Before entering thus do you stand aloof?
D.: I am identified with it and yet remaining apart. Now I came here
to ask Maharshi and hear him. Why does he ask me questions?
M.: Maharshi has replied. His reply amounts to this: Real waking
does not involve differences.
D.: Can such realisation be universalised?
M.: Where are differences there? There are no individuals in it.
D.: Have you reached the goal?
M.: The goal cannot be anything apart from the Self nor can it be
something to be gained afresh. If that were so, such goal cannot
be abiding and permanent. What appears anew will also disappear.
The goal must be eternal and within. Find it within yourself.
D.: I want to know your experience.
M.: Maharshi does not seek enlightenment. The question is of no
use to the questioner. Whether I have realised or not, how does it
affect the questioner?
D.: Not so. Each one’s experience has a human value in it and can
be shared by others.
M.: The problem must be solved by the questioner himself. The
question is best directed to oneself.
D.: I know the answer to the question.
M.: Let us have it.
D.: I was shown the Kingdom of Heaven twenty years ago. It was
by God’s grace only. I made no effort for it. I was happy. I want to
universalise, moralise and socialise it. At the same time I want to
know Maharshi’s experience of the Divine.
Mrs. Jinarajadasa intervened and spoke softly: We all agree that
Maharshi has brought the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Why do
you press him to answer your questions relating to his realisation?
It is for you to seek and gain it.
The questioner listened to her, argued slightly and resumed his questions
to Maharshi. After one or two light questions, Major Chadwick spoke
sternly: “The Kingdom of Heaven is within you,” says the Bible.
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