the Be-ing alone is bliss

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Sri Bhagavan commented:

"In sushupti (deep sleep) one enjoys the whole ocean of bliss

like a king; whereas in the other two states the range of

bliss is as wide as are the classes of men, from the king

down to the penniless."

 

Mr. C: "Sushupti is often characterised as the state of

ignorance."

 

Bhagavan: "No, it is the pure State. There is full awareness in

it and total ignorance in the waking state. It is said to be

ajnana (ignorance) only in relation to the false jnana (knowledge)

prevalent in jagrat. Really speaking jagrat is ajnana and sushupti

prajnana (wisdom). If sushupti is not the real state where does

the intense peace come from to the sleeper? It is everybody's

experience that nothing in jagrat can compare with the bliss

and well-being derived from deep sleep, when the mind and

the senses are absent. What does it all mean? It means that

bliss comes only from inside ourselves and that it is most intense

when we are free from thoughts and perceptions, which create

the world and the body, that is, when we are in our pure Be-ing,

which is Brahman, the Self. In other words, the Be-ing alone is

bliss and the mental superimpositions are ignorance and, therefore,

the cause of misery. That is why Samadhi is also described as

sushupti in jagrat, the blissful pure being which prevails in deep

sleep is experienced in jagrat, when the mind and the senses

are fully alert but inactive.

 

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S.S. Cohen: Guru Ramana

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