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 )
231) “When the
Brahmins are fed
in a feast,
there is much
noise at the
beginning”
At the start, a man is prone to make a parade of his
devotion to God with grandeur and pomp.
232) ”Then they sit with
plantain—leaves in front
of them”.
(In a
fest of Bengal
plantain leaves serve
the purpose of
plates).
When a man becomes composed and quite, then God in him
emanates and life-power concentrates and wake up.
233) “Bring
some ‘luchi’, bring some
‘uchi’ (unlaven bread
Fried in clarified
butter)”
This signifies a through yearning for God and also that an
inner transformation of life-power is going on.
234) “Then they
commence partaking of
‘luchi’ and other dishes”
Then start various kinds of realizations.
235) “Some three
quarters of the
noise of feast
have subsided”
God from the body has emanated by three quarters and the man
is enjoying the tuch of God in himself. “A monk has got three quarters of his
mind in touch with God in himself---Shri Ramkrishna.
236) “Curd succeeds
luchi and other
dishes”.
Here curd represents the seventh plane. In the course of the
transformation of life-power, the seventh plane or cerebrum is seen.
237) “Then, after
the feast, follows
sleep”
Sleep---signifies “Samadhi” or transformation of life-power
into God, both with attributes and without attributes.
238) “When a
daughter-in-law in a
family conceives, the
mother-in-law
lessens the household work
of the daughter-in-law. At the
tenth
month of conception
there remains no
work for her.
When the
baby is born,
the mother is at
absolute rest. All
she has got to
do is to
tend the new-born
baby”.
(a) To
conceive---here represents God’s emanation from the body.
(b)
Daughter-in-law---is the form of God as seen in the fourth sheath or the
sixth plane.
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Mother-in-law---represents body.
(d) To lessen the
household work---is to collect and get the life-power transformed and fixed in
the sixth plane.
(e) At the tenth
month---means the entrance to the seventh plane---when God’s light is seen
further on when the glorious sun is seen behind a silken screen.
(f) The
baby---represents Atma---God in the seventh plane.
(g) Only the tend
the baby---means to have God unfolded His mystery and characteristics in
various sportive forms in the seventh plane. Principally the sportive forms of
God may be divided into five chapters :--
(i) God---Atma ;
(ii) The universe is
in God
(iii) God, the Universe,
turns into a
Seed---an Atom ;
(iv) God, the Atom, is
but a Dream ; and
(v) The Dream
vanishes and there
remains no ego-con-sciousness.
239) “When a
well is dug”
It is spoken of the body where a well is dug. In the well
God is seen in the form of transparent water. The water of well is transformed
into vapour. The vapour penetrates the body and makes God and body separated.
In the end it penetrates the sound also. These penetrations of body and sound
express and manifest their signs over the body and they are not only seen but
they are heard also.
When the vapour penetrates the body, the head keeps on
swinging from left to right to left and a ‘cling’ ‘cling’ sound is heard. It is
like to sound of a dries-up cocoanut or a ripe betel-nut in a shell.
When the vapour penetrates the sound (Nad) in the end of the
seventh plane, the head will keep on swinging onward and backward. It is
exactly like a big chunk of ice sinking and floating in a vast sheet of water.
Then the chunk sinks and no-ego-consciousness remains.
Another striking feature is that if any blessed man has
retained all these realizations in his body, then if anybody else speaks out
all these before him them all the outward manifestations shall come upon the
body of the retainer and they cannot be keep in concealment. The supreme
Culture---Brahma Vidya---no sooner then will be heard, will express itself over
the body of the retainer, as it is God’s sports in the body. If the body does
not respond at the mention of the name of Brahma Vidya, then it is to be
understood that the man has not attained it.
