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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
D.: What is the ‘final emancipation’ according to the foregoing
explanation?
M.: The ativahika or the sukshma sarira corresponds to the pure light
which one experiences just after sleep and before the rise of the ego.
It is Cosmic Consciousness. That is only the Light reflected from
the Heart. When the reflection ceases and abides as the Original
Light in the Heart it is final emancipation.
D.: But Yoga Vasishtha says that the chitta (mind) of a jivanmukta is
achala (unchanging).
M.: So it is. Achala chitta (unchanging mind) is the same as suddha
manas (pure mind). The jnani’s manas is said to be suddha manas.
The Yoga Vasishtha also says that Brahman is no other than the
jnani’s mind. So Brahman is suddha manas only.
D.: Will the description of Brahman as Sat-Chit-Ananda suit
this suddha manas? For this too will be destroyed in the final
emancipation.
M.: If suddha manas is admitted, the Bliss (Ananda) experienced
by the Jnani must also be admitted to be reflected. This reflection
must finally merge into the Original. Therefore the jivanmukti
state is compared to the reflection of a spotless mirror in another
similar mirror. What will be found in such a reflection? Pure Akasa
(Ether). Similarly, the jnani’s reflected Bliss (Ananda) represents
only the true Bliss.
These are all only words. It is enough that a person becomes
antarmukhi (inward-bent). The sastras are not needed for an
inward turned mind. They are meant for the rest.
Talk 514.
Mr. MacIver, a resident devotee, asked Sri Bhagavan if he might go
to Switzerland where a Guru was inviting him. Sri Bhagavan said:
Some Force brought him here and the same is taking him to Europe.
Let him always remember that the world is only a projection of the
mind, and the mind is in the Self. Wherever the body may move the
mind must be kept under control. The body moves, but not the Self.
The world is within the Self, that is all.
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