Dear Friends,

i have received the following message from Sri V.Ganesan whicvh I am forwarding
to all .

Love,

in His grace,

Alan
>
>
> Good Morning !
>
> Today is the Birthday of Lord Ganesa [ 'Ganesa' means 'the Lord of the
Cosmos' ] ! Let us
> celebrate it with the Holy Words, uttered by the Lord of the Cosmos = '
BHAGAVAN SRI
> RAMANA MAHARSHI ' = the True King of the ' True Kingdom of
Heaven' = " HEART "
> :
>
>
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> Maharshi : You speak of the differences between the lower and the higher
minds, pleasures and
> pains. What becomes of these differences in your sleep?
>
> Devotee : But I want to be wide awake.
>
> M : Is this your wide awakened state ? It is not. It is only a dream in
your long sleep. All
> are in sleep, dreaming of the world and things and actions.
>
> D: This is all Vedanta, I have no use for it. The existing differences are
not imaginary.
> They are positive. However, what is that real waking ? Can Maharshi tell us
what he has found
> it to be ?
>
> M: Real waking lies beyond the three states of waking, dream and sleep.
>
> D: I am really awake and know that I am not in sleep.
>
> M: Real waking lies beyond the plane of differences.
>
> D: What is the state of the world then ?
>
> M: Does the world come and tell you " I exist " ?
>
> D: No. But the people in the world tell me that the world needs spiritual,
social and moral
> regeneration.
>
> M: You see the world and the people in it. They are your thoughts. Can the
world be apart
> from you ?
>
> D: I enter into it with love.
>
> M: Before entering thus do you stand aloof ?
>
> D : I am identified with it and yet remaining apart. Now I came here to ask
Maharshi and hear
> him. Why does he ask me questions ?
>
> M: Maharshi has replied. His reply amounts to this : Real waking does not
involve differences.
>
> D: Can such realisation be universalised ?
>
> M: Where are differences there ? There are no individuals in it.
>
> D: Have you reached the goal ?
>
> M: The goal cannot be anything apart from the Self; nor can it be something
to be gained
> afresh. If that were so, such goal cannot be abiding and permanent. What
appears anew will
> also disappear. The goal must be eternal and within. Find it within
yourself.
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> D: How shall we be able to remember the truth experienced in dreams ?
>
> M: Your present waking state, your dreams and your desire to remember are all
thoughts. They
> arise only after the mind has arisen. Were you not existing in the absence of
the mind ?
>
> D: Yes, I was.
>
> M: The fact of your existence is also your realisation.
>
> D: I understand it intellectually. The truth is felt in temporary flashes
only. It is not
> abiding.
>
> M: Such thoughts smother up the state of your eternal realisation.
>
> D: The rough and tumble of town life is not congenial to realisation. Jungle
retreats afford
> the necessary quiet and solitude.
>
> M: One can be free in a town and may yet be bound in jungle retreats. It is
all in the mind.
>
> -- from
TALKS WITH SRI
> RAMANA MAHARSHI (No.476)
>
>
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> Love,
> Ganesan.
>