RELIGION AND REALIZATION BY DIAMOND PICKED UP IN THE STREET

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 )

 (390)                “Why does the Divine Mother ‘Shyama’ have a black complexion?”.

 “She looks black because she is seen far away”.

   It is spoken about meditation and in its first state a man sees utter darkness. Then as he    

   proceeds deeper and deeper, he finds God’s light and God.

 (391)               “Go near Her and no color will be found”.

 It is spoken about the Absolute---when there is no ego—consciousness.  

                   

       (392)               “You have to come back a few steps then you will see again the

                          Divine Mother ‘Shyama’ having the colour of the grass flower”.

The exquisitely beautiful young dancing lady who is seen in the sixth plane is known as the mysterious Maya.

(393)                “Is Shyama  male  or female”?  

Atma is one. There is no distinction of gender in Atma or God.

Atma is one. There is no distinction of gender in Atma or God.

(394)                “I am not yet able to find out whether Shyama is male or female”?

  

       Male and female---they have got one and the same Atma in them. So inwardly there is no    

       difference. Yes, there is but one Atma ; but go ahead and then you will find there is a tiny touch   

       of ego-consciousness in the form ‘Yea’.

(395)             “Brahma  is  Sakti---It  is Descent.

(396)             “Sakti  is  Brahma”---It  is  Ascent.

(397)            “They  are  but  one”.

 It is Absolute. Ascent and Descent are but two different aspects of the same and one Absolute.

(398)                           “Ever-blissful God (Satchidanandamay) and ever blissful sportive forms of God (Satchidandamayyee) are but two aspects of one and the same Absolute” 

Ascent with all its sportive forms of God is blissful. It terminates in Absolute. Then 

Descent comes and every state of it is full of Bliss. God is ever Blissful at every 

condition and realization of the body. It is called ‘from Absolute to His sportive forms and from

sportive from to ':Absolute’. Nitya to Lila and Lila to Nitya. Its Bliss is enjoyed only by Avatars

and none else.

     (399)                  “In conjunction with Atma (Purusha) the human body(Prakriti) performs all her

                                 activities of creation, preservation and destruction---Yogamaya”.

      This is God’s sports in the human body and it is Ascent.

      Creation means birth of Atma as seen in the seventh plane, i.e. life-power is transformed in

      Atma.

      Preservation is that when Atma holds the Universe within Him.

      Destruction is that condition when Atma turns into the Absolute.