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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
if she found the necklace which was lost, she said, “Yes, I have found
it.” She still felt that she had recovered a lost jewel.
Now did she lose it at all? It was all along round her neck. But
judge her feelings. She is happy as if she had recovered a lost jewel.
Similarly with us, we imagine that we would realise that Self some
time, whereas we are never anything but the Self.
D.: I feel that I am transplanted into some other land than the earth.
Sri Bhagavan, while looking into some correspondence, heard it, smiled
and said: This is the Kingdom of Heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven
mentioned in the Bible and this world are not two different regions.
“The Kingdom is within you,” says the Bible. So it is. The realised
being sees this as the Kingdom of Heaven whereas the others see it
as ‘this world’. The difference lies only in the angles of vision.
D.: How can we deny the world and the people therein? I hear some
music. It is sweet and grand. I recognise it to be Wagner’s music.
I cannot claim it to be mine.
M.: Does Wagner or his music exist apart from you? Unless you are
there to say that it is Wagner’s music, can you be aware of it? Without
being aware of it, can it be said to exist? To make it more clear, do
you recognise Wagner’s music in your deep sleep? And yet you admit
that you exist in sleep. So it is clear that Wagner and music are only
your thoughts. They are in you and not out of you.
D.: It is beautiful.
[Compiler’s remarks: Everyone is apt to be confused from time
to time. Although the truth is heard and understood, at times it is
forgotten, and mistakes are committed when facts face the person.
Knowledge gives place to ignorance and confusion is the result. But
the sage alone can give the right turn to our thoughts from time to time.
That is the necessity for Satsanga i.e., association with the Wise.]
Talk 610.
A devotee came with these questions.
1. Since individual souls and the Brahman are one, what is the
cause of this creation?
2. Is the Brahma-Jnani liable to bodily pains and rebirth? Can he
extend his span of life or curtail it?
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