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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Sri Bhagavan asked if the gentleman had read Devikalottaram. He
then said that abhichara prayoga (black magic) is condemned there.
He also added that by such practices one compasses one’s own ruin.
Avidya (ignorance) is itself bad and makes one commit suicide. Why
should black magic be also added to it?
D.: What is the pratikriya (remedy) open to the victim of black magic?
M.: Bhakti (devotion to God).
D.: Non-resistance seems to be the only remedy for all kinds of evil
such as slander.
M.: Quite so. If one abuses another or injures him the remedy does
not lie in retort or resistance. Simply keep quiet. This quiet will
bring peace to the injured but make the offender restless until he
is driven to admit his error to the injured party.
This black magic is said to have been used even against the greatest
saints in India since time immemorial. The tapasvis of Daruka
forest used it against Siva Himself.
Then the conversation turned on Brahmaloka.
Sri Bhagavan said Brahmaloka is the same as Atmaloka. Again
Brahmaiva lokah = Brahmalokah (Brahma is Himself the region)
and Brahma is Atma. So Brahmaloka is only the Self.
Loka, aloka are both synonymous. It is the same as andamillakkan in
Ulladu Narpadu. Lokyate iti lokah (That which is seen is loka).
27th September, 1938
Talk 518.
Mr. V. Gupta, a Telugu Pandit, is on a visit here. Sri Bhagavan said in
the course of conversation: Ahamkriti (the ego) is not the same as aham.
The latter is the Supreme Reality whereas the former is the ego. It is
to be overcome before the Truth is realised. The Supreme Being is
unmanifest and the first sign of manifestation is Aham Sphurana (light
of ‘I’). The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says Aham nama abhavat (He
became ‘I’ named). That is the original name of the Reality.
The Pandit asked about the operation of Grace. Is it the mind of the
Guru acting on the mind of the disciple or anything different?
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