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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 74.
Mr. Frydman, the engineer, writes in one of his letters: “Maharshi is
with me not only when I think of Him but also when I am not thinking
of Him. Otherwise, how do I live?”
Talk 75.
Mr. Grant Duff, formerly in a foreign embassy, writes: .... Pay my
respects to Maharshi. He appears to me in my thoughts not only as
an answer to my questions but also as Presence....
29th September, 1935
Talk 76.
Mr. K. S. N. Iyer said that he was not convinced how spiritual life
could be reconciled to worldly activities. The Master in answer cited
some verses from Yoga Vasishta. (The original is said to be millions
of verses, of which only 32,000 stanzas are now found in the Sanskrit
text. It was condensed to 6,000 and called Laghu Vasishta. The latter
has been rendered in Tamil in 2,050 stanzas).
D.: Without the mind concentrating on it the work cannot be performed
satisfactorily. How is the mind to be spiritually disposed and the
work kept going as well?
M.: The mind is only a projection from the Self, appearing in the
waking state. In deep sleep, you do not say whose son you are
and so on. As soon as you wake up you say you are so and so, and
recognise the world and so on. The world is only lokah, lokah =
lokyate iti lokah (what is perceived is the world). That which is seen
is lokah or the world. Which is the eye that sees it? That is the ego
which rises and sinks periodically. But you exist always. Therefore
That which lies beyond the ego is consciousness - the Self.
In deep sleep mind is merged and not destroyed. That which merges
reappears. It may happen in meditation also. But the mind which is
destroyed cannot reappear. The yogi’s aim must be to destroy it and
not to sink in laya. In the peace of dhyana, laya ensues but it is not
enough. It must be supplemented by other practices for destroying the
mind. Some people have gone into samadhi with a trifling thought
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