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 )
128). “When the
stalk turns into
a trunk, the
fence in removed”.
It means the attainment of the
Supreme Cult in the body. Then no further concealment is necessary, because, as
a sign of attainment of the Supreme Cult, God in the body will be seen to
manifest itself over the body.
129). “Then
the trunk will
not get the
least hurt even
if an elephant
is tied to
it”.
Elephant---is the symbol of mind and mind is called an wild
elephant .
130 ).
“The disease is
typhoid”.
‘I’ or ‘ego’ has been compared with typhoid. In typhoid a
patient sees illusion. So ‘I’ is nothing but an illusion. Then what is reality?
‘I’ is never born and cannot be born (Ajo—that which is never born). How does
‘that-which-never-born’ look in the typhoid of illusion?
Emanation of God in the body commences from the gross
physical sheath. Then at the end of Ascent, the Supreme Cult reveals the
Supreme Knowledge. Then comes “Descent”. The knowledge of “Thou” appears and
reigns. Then the illusion of ‘I’ vanishes and a man is in state to declare
“That-which-never-born”. The special feature of the disease typhoid ‘I’ is that
it makes unreal appear real.
131). “In the room of the typhoid patient,
there are huge
Water pot and jars of
pickles and tamarinds”.
Room---represents body,
the gross physical sheath. Typhoid patient—is ‘I’ or ‘ego’---a subject of
illusions. Huge water pot and jars of pickles and tamarinds—are six aspects of
human passions—lust, anger, greediness, delusion, pride and envy.
132). “If you want to get the patient cured
of his ‘I’ illusion,
then he must be removed
from the room”.
‘I’---is body, the physical sheath at first.
The commencement of God’s emanation stars from the physical
sheath. Life-power of the emanated God from the body undergoes transformations
in His sportive forms in five sheaths or seven plans. Then follows the attainment
of the Supreme Knowledge. The Ascent ends here. The Descent starts now and
knowledge of ‘I-am-not-but-thou’ prevails. This is called ‘removal of the
patient from the room’ or the gross physical sheath.
133),
“God alone exists
and the existence
is eternal”
This saying has got two aspects in their meaning :
(1) God with form
is real and eternal.
(2) God without
form is also real and eternal.
But in the Supreme Knowledge there exists nothing and even
in the state of Supreme Knowledge none exists either to feel the non-existence
or to carry the message of non-existence.
There are two states of the Supreme Knowledge—one Relative
and other is Absolute . The Relative starts from seeing the formless God in the
seventh plane and ultimately it is transformed into Absolute-non-existence
after undergoing the following changes---
(1) The formless
God.
(2) God holding
the Universe in Him.
(3) He turns into
a seed.
(4) The seed turns
into a dream.
(5) The dream does
not exist or the state of non-existence of ego.
134)
“All else is
unreal, impermanent and
ephemeral”
In Ascent it so appears . When life-power ascends from one
plane to another, she keeps on discarding till she reaches and is transformed
into Absolute and non-existence and then in Descent at the first stage,
“Not-I-But-Thou’, the illusory state of everything else, is felt and it
transpires that God alone is Real .
135).
“This Supreme Knowledge
is to be
attained, realized and
to be felt
Continually”.
It is ‘Sahajia; state . The existence becomes so ; or it
becomes one with one’s existence.
