Finally the Yogi rose up, prayed for Sri Bhagavan’s blessings for his own work and expressed great regret for his hasty return. Maharshi: Who suffers? What is suffering? Yogananda: Are yoga, religion, etc., antidotes to suffering? Yogananda: Should He not ordain it differently? Maharshi: Suffering is the way for Realisation of God.
Yogananda: Why does God permit suffering in the world? Should He not with His omnipotence do away with it at one stroke and ordain the universal realisation of God? There cannot be any instruction en masse. Maharshi: They differ according to the temperaments of the individuals and the spiritual ripeness of their minds. Later the yogi asked : How is the spiritual uplift of the people to be effected? What are the instructions to be given them? He was told that the best way of thanking is to remain always as the Self. There is nothing else to see different from the Self. If the eye becomes the Self, the Self being infinite, the eye is infinite. If with subtle eyes (i.e., the mind) others appear subtle. If you are seeing with the gross eyes you find others gross. The outlook differs according to the sight of the person. If the Truth is known, the universe and what is beyond it will be found to be only in the Self. It is wrong to imagine that there is the world, that there is a body in it and that you dwell in the body. A Jnani does not find anything different or separate from the Self. M.: It differs according as one is a Jnani or ajnani. I left the Ashram after six days, but even after leaving I would suddenly go into meditation. Search the source of the ego and the Self is revealed. The eyes of the Maharshi are the kindest and most powerful energy of the universe, and it brings me to ecstasy remembering those first days with him in the Ashram. That is the master key for solving all doubts. Then the ego is lost and Bliss remains over. For whom is this ignorance? It is to the ego. You have, on the other hand, to get rid of your ignorance which makes you think that you are other than Bliss. What has interposed between that Bliss and this non-bliss? It is the ego. In deep sleep you were blissful: Now you are not so. To whom is this sense of incompleteness? Enquire. This desire is born of the sense of incompleteness. This definition of God is probably more concrete and better understood by you. There must be a subject to know the good and evil. The Absolute Being is what is – It is the Self. But none is so direct as the name JEHOVAH = I AM. There are other statements, such as Brahmaivaham, Aham Brahmasmi and Soham. Of all the definitions of God, none is indeed so well put as the Biblical statement “I AM THAT I AM” in EXODUS (Chap.
M.: The Self is known to everyone but not clearly. Why do you leave out what is intimate and go in for what is external? Whereas, the Self is always with you and it is you. Wright, his secretary, asked: How shall I realise God? All the other titles related to Sri Ramana Maharshi are best sellers on amazon and this book is a must for every follower.Swami Yogananda with four others arrived at 8.45 a.m. This subtle art of weaving together photos and quotations in complementary manner delightfully brings home the Master’s message. Together with portraits, which represent the many enhancing divine moods of the sage, scenes from the captivating environs of Arunachala, his blessed abode, have been interpolated to create a work of unususal beauty and profoundity. In preparing this pictorial book, Bharati Mirchandani has exquisitely harmonized both these incomparable aspects of Sri Ramana Maharshi–his presence and his teachings. And if the mirror of our soul is not adequately clean to perfectly reflect that eternal Divine Presence, the Maharshi has also provided us with a simple, direct teaching to practice for opening our heart to the experience of the one self. The Divine presence continues to bring hope, solace, faith, inspiration, and genuine spiritual experience to people of all cultures and creeds. I could only feel his body was not the man, it was the instrument of God–merely a sitting corpse from which God was radiating terrifically–“God radiating terrifically” is the experience of innumerable seekers who sought the Maharshi’s presence then and now. I began to realize somewhat that the body is the temple of the Holy Ghost. In 1934, the first Westerner ever to visit Sri Ramana Maharshi had a profound experience and made an equally profound observation: For half an hour I looked into the Maharshi’s eyes,which never changed their expression of deep contemplation. The weaving together of photos and quotations in this beautifully presented book exquisitely harmonizes Sri Ramana’s presence and his teachings. Moments of Silence with Sri Ramana Maharshi