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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Help yourself so that you may become strong. That is done by
complete surrender. That means you offer yourself to Him. So you
cannot retain your individuality after surrender. You then abide by
His Will. Thus Silence is the Highest of all achievements.
Silence is the ocean in which all the rivers of all the religions
discharge themselves. So says Thayumanavar. He also adds that
the Vedic religion is the only one which combines both philosophy
and religion.
16th December, 1938
Talk 595.
The two lady visitors returned in the morning and the younger one asked:
“Is the experience of the Highest State the same to all? Or is there
any difference?”
M.: The Highest State is the same and the experience is also the same.
D.: But I find some difference in the interpretations put on the Highest
Truth.
M.: The interpretations are made with the mind. The minds are
different and so the interpretations are different.
D.: I mean to ask if the seers express themselves differently?
M.: The expressions may differ according to the nature of the seekers.
They are meant to guide the seekers.
One seer speaks in the terms of Christianity, another in those of Islam,
a third of Buddhism, etc. Is that due to their upbringing?
M.: Whatever may be their upbringing, their experience is the same.
But the modes of expression differ according to circumstances.
Talk 596.
A visitor asked: Sri Bhagavan said last night that God is guiding us.
Then why should we make an effort to do anything?
M.: Who asks you to do so? If there was that faith in the guidance of
God this question would not have arisen.
D.: The fact is that God guides us. Then what is the use of these
instructions to people?
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