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 )

400. “The roof is made of the same materials – brick, lime and brick-dust – with which the staircase is made”.

Absolute in one form is this human body and this human body in another form is Absolute.

401. “Mere reasoning? I spit on it! I do not need it”.

It is to attain God by mere reasoning and it does not bear any effect. It is useless and absurd.

“God cannot be attained by intelligence (na medhaya)”.

– The Vedas

402. “Thou art I and I am Thou”.

It is to be identical with God when God is with attributes. In absolute state there remains nothing to relate.

403. “Thou art Thou”!

It is Tattvajnan or ‘Knowledge of Thou’.

404. “It is God’s Power (Sakti) which descends in a man and makes him an Avatar or incarnation of God”.

Power in the form of light of consciousness (Chaitanya) comes down from the seventh plane. It is so seen. At first this light comes down up to the neck or the fifth plane. Then it is seen to come down from the cerebrum up to the waist. This is manifestation in full measure and establishment of Iswarkoty i.e. establishment of God up to the waist. In other words, God in Descent manifests and establishes Himself up to the waist and thereby makes him an Iswarkoty. And finally this power takes the manikin form of devotee, clasps his hands and prays aloud. This is called Manusratan or Avatar.

405. “According to the school of realization, two waves from the sea of ‘red flame consciousness’ (Chaitanya as seen in the seventh plane in Descent) came down in ‘Rama’ and ‘Krishna’ and made them Avatars”.

It is so happens with every Avatar. It is Bhakti Sastra. It has its origin in the Dravidian and the Semitic religion – religion of emotion and devotion.

It is the greatest manifestation and realization of God in the human body. This realization appears in Decent. Thakur by saving that there are numerous Avatars clearly expresses that it is the greatest aspect of realizations.

406. “Advaita”

It is the state of Non-Dualism. It has got two aspects. One is with attributes and the other without any Attribute – Absolute.

When God is seen the seventh plane, the seer becomes identical with the thing seen and gets himself transformed into “I am He”. This is the first aspect and here God is with attributes. Then at the end in the absolute state it is also Advaita and nothing can be said about it. Here Ascent ends.

407. “Chaitanya”

It is Divine Consciousness which flares up in brilliant red light in the seventh plane as seen in the second stage of Descent.

408. “Nityananda”

It is the perpetual flow of the Divine Bliss which pervades and runs through the body in continuous succession. This Nityananda state has got two aspects. They are: –

(1) There is a continuous flow of Divine Bliss in the body.

(2) Let you remember the state of Nityananda and the volume of flow of the Divine Bliss will get increased. It is the Supreme Culture; – remember it and it appears in the body.