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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: For whom?
D.: For the perfect human being.
M.: If you are perfect, why do you fear to be reborn? It indicates
imperfection.
D.: Not that I fear. But you say that I must be reborn.
M.: Who says it? You are asking the question.
D.: What I mean is this. You are a Perfect Being; I am a sinner. You tell
me that I being a sinner must be reborn in order to perfect myself?
M.: No, I do not say so. On the other hand I say that you have no birth
and therefore no death.
D.: Do you mean to say that I was not born?
M.: Yes, you are now thinking that you are the body and therefore
confuse yourself with its birth and death. But you are not the body
and you have no birth and death.
D.: Do you not uphold the theory of rebirth?
M.: No. On the other hand, I want to remove your confusion that you
will be reborn. It is you who think that you will be reborn.
See for whom this question arises. Unless the questioner is found,
the questions can never be set at rest.
D.: This is no answer to my question.
M.: On the other hand, this is the answer to elucidate the point and
all other doubts as well.
D.: This will not satisfy all others.
M.: Leave others alone. If you take care of yourself others can take
care of themselves.
Silence followed. He left in a few minutes apparently dissatisfied
with the discourse.
Sri Bhagavan said after a few minutes: This will work in him. The
discourse will have its effect.
He does not admit any Reality. Well - who is it that has determined
everything to be unreal? Otherwise the determination also
becomes unreal.
The theory of evolution is enlarged upon by the person in this state.
Where is it, if not in his mind?
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