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 )
447. “A man attains devotion and
knowledge”.
What is devotion and what
are the realizations and manifestations of devotion in the human life and body?
(a) It is to attain
God-the-Preceptor first. Then Life Power awakens. By awakening of Life Power,
devotion establishes itself in the body. It is but the beginning.
(b) Establishment of
devotion in the full-fledged form is to obtain the manikin form of God engaged
in prayer by clasping his hands within oneself.
What is Knowledge and how a
man will know about attainment of knowledge?
(a)
To see God in the seventh plane as shown by God-the-Preceptor is the first
stage of Knowledge.
(b)
‘I am not this body but I am He’ – is the second stage.
(c)
The final stage of Knowledge is at the outset of Descent when it spontaneously
bursts out “I am not Thou”.
448.
“After attainment of knowledge and devotion a man may live in the world and the
world will not be able to tarnish him”.
Here
it is spoken about Supreme Knowledge.
After
attainment of Supreme Knowledge a man lives but he does not lead an ordinary
man’s life. He lives, he eats, he sleeps and by God’s commandment he becomes a
‘man-catcher’ as Christ told Peter.
449. “The sticky milk of a
Jackfruit will not stick to one’s hand if the Jackfruit is broken after rubbing
one’s hand with oil”.
Oil – is the second symbol
by which the Supreme Consciousness is revealed in the human body. It is so seen
by a man that he is rubbing his body with mustard oil which has got a reddish
yellow color. The real ‘Supreme Consciousness’, Chaitanya, flares up in a flame
of brilliant red light in the seventh plane. ‘Honey’ is the first symbol by
which Chaitanya is represented.
Jackfruit – represents this
human body. A jackfruit has got several sheaths. This human body has got five
sheaths and in these five sheaths God expresses Himself in several kinds of
realizations.
Sticky milk – is attachment
to the world.
A man after attaining Supreme
Consciousness may live in this world as his life is a life of the liberated
one.
450. “In a game of hide and seek,
if the ‘granny’ is touched then one is safe”.
Game of hide and seek – is
three qualities or strands (Triguna) known as Sattva, Rajas and Tamas.
Sattva is represented by
white color and it means quietness or wisdom.
Rajas is represented by red
color and it means restlessness or activity.
Tamas is represented by
black color and it means lacking in alertness. It is inertia and dull.
Granny – represents God.
The three qualities or
strands are but thieves in the game ‘hide and seek’ in the body as it is they
who keep God (granny) hidden from coming within view.
A man must overcome these
three qualities or strands and then he shall be able to attain God in him – an
ever blissful state.
451. “Let you turn into gold by
once touching the Philosopher’s stone; then you may remain buried underground
for thousand years and after that when you are taken out you will remain gold”.
Gold – represents God – Atman
in body.
If God out of grace once
emanates from the body in full measure and is seen in the seventh plan then He
will never come back again into the bondage of the body.
If Supreme Culture is once
attained then it does never get extinct. It is sheer God’s Grace and God’s
grace is perpetuated.
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