RELIGION AND REALIZATION BY DIAMOND PICKED UP IN THE STREET

A day at Dakshineswar

(Henceforth Shri Ramkrishna will be spoken of as Thakur” when required as it is so done in the Gospel )

March 1, 1885

587. “A thunderbolt strikes a house and it cannot affect the heavy articles in the house but it makes the window panes rattle”.

Thunderbolt – Symbol of Paramatman or the Universal Self.
House – body.

Heavy articles – lower portion of the body from neck downwards – the physical sheath and the subtle sheath.

Window panes – from neck to the cerebrum, the causal body and the zone of Bliss with eyes and ears as the vibrations make their way into the seventh plane and create disturbance.

Thunderbolt – is the metaphor used in the Upanishad for Paramatman. But in the rituals it is used in a queer way. To worship Siva, ‘Bajra’ or thunderbolt in the shape of a flower with incantation of some holy words (Mantras) is placed on the head. Such is the difference between the ritualism and the Yogic realizations and what a wonderful degradation?

Yes, this Paramatman is seen in the seventh plane just like a brilliant flash of lightning to pass through the cerebrum. But it is Individualism.

In Universalism it is in the shape of a living human being and He is seen in the spiritual world by thousands and in some cases living at a far distance and without being previously seen.

588. “This very world is a fountain-head of bliss (mirth)”.

Yes, it is so. When a man becomes God this life appears like an ocean of ambrosia and he wants to have an eternal life. He does not want to part with the body – the world – as he has become fully aware that this body is the primal cause for attainment of Godhood.

Even the Rishis of the ancient age prayed for an eternal life so that they may enjoy this unique bliss of life eternally. They prayed, “Take me from death to eternal life (Mrityormamritam gamayah)”.

589. “Put on shoes and walk on the thorns of the world”.

Shoes – Atman is Self and shoe is body.

Get yourself separated from the body then the body becomes shoes.

(To lose one’s shoes means to be devoid of physical sense – videha).

Thorns of the world – When Atman is separated from the body the troubles, anxieties and worries of the world cannot affect the mind.

In the Yoga it means separation of Atman and body. In the physical world a man wearing a pair of shoes can easily walk on the thorns. Whereas in the Yoga the body becomes shoes and Atman is wearer. When Atman and body are separated then the six passions – the thorns cannot do any harm as the passions along with the mind are subdued.