RELIGION AND
REALIZATION
MARCH --1882
Place : -
Temple of Dakshineswar
(Henceforth
Shri Ramkrishna will be
spoken of as
Thakur” when
required as it is so
done in the Gospel )
98).
“In one tank”.
Tank—is the seventh plane in the cerebrum and it is seen .
The first class realization is to see the thing as it is. The laying cover of
the cerebrum folds up and the seventh plane is seen. “The drop-scene in a
theatre is withdrawn”---Shri Ramkrishna.
The second class realization is by a symbol . A tank of
God’s light is seen.
There is a third class realization and it is also by a
symbol. A tank of water is seen . Further the seventh plane is represented by
flowers, such as—full-bloomed lotus or big roses.
99).
“He is addressed by same as “Allah,” by some as
“God” and
by some as
“Brahma”.
Here the absolute is meant “Allah”, “God” and “Brahma”. These are the different terminology
of the same and one Absolute .
100).
“Some say ‘Kali’
and some others
say ‘Rama’
‘Hari’ ‘Jesus’
and ‘Durga’.
(Kali, Rama, Hari, Durga and the different forms and
attributes as depicted in the Hindu mythology. Jesus is the saviour in
Christianity).
It is Relative Truth. In the fourth sheath or the sixth
plane in the process of transformation, God is seen in various forms. Some see
it in one form only and some in different forms. When at first this form is
seen, it is understood as if this is come from outside. But after losing one’s
ego-consciousness, when a man comes back in divine consciousness, it is shown
to him that all the forms of God he saw in the process of Ascent did come out
from his own body.
101).
“Mahakali”---is the Absolute”.
102) .
“Nitya Kali”---is the sound. It
is perpetual and there is no break in its course . It is heard. From sound
comes ‘Form’. It is called sportive form .
103).
“Raksha Kali”---is the
protectoress of the sportive forms . On
the surface the sportive form is protected by continuous creation .
104).
“Shyama Kali”---is the preserver
and benefactress .
105) .
“Smashan Kali”---is deluge,
destruction and annihilation .
These five forms are but different aspects of God, the
Absolute, and the Relative . The first of the two forms are your parents . They
existed before your birth . You come out of their physical bodies . The three
other forms are but your human body .
The simultaneous operations of growth, preservation and destruction are
on their march in it .
106).
“After the annihilation of the
Universe when a great-cycle ends,
the Divine Mother collects and stores the seeds of Creation . As
if she is the elderly mistress of the house with a hotch-potch pot
to keep in store all different species of articles “.
This is the third realizations in the course when the
embodied soul unfolds ; the great Universe is transformed onto seed .
107). “After creation, the Primal Force
pervades the Universe itself .
The Universe is brought forth and it is pervaded”.
The Universe is in God as seen in the seventh plane and again
God pervades the Universe. Each and every form as seen in the Universe is but a
different aspect of God.
108).
“Is Kali ( the Divine Mother is so addressed ) of black complexion ?
The distance makes her look black . If one comes to know her then
She is no more black”.
At the first stage of meditation utter darkness is seen. But
as meditation proceeds and the planes in the body are opened, various
realizations come in view. “A man marching in the path of meditation first sees
the form of goodness with ten hands and in great grandeur ; then he sees god
with four hands ; then with two hands, then in the form of a body and lastly he
sees God’s light”—Shri Ramkrishna .
