Beauty ＆ Pure 256

 

An American lady asked Bhagavan
what his experiences of samadhi were.
When suggested that she should relate her experiences
and ask if they were right,
she replied that Sri Bhagavan’s experiences
ought to be correct and should be known,
whereas her own were unimportant.
She thus wanted to know if Sri Bhagavan
felt his body hot or cold in samadhi,
if he spent the first three and a half years
of his stay at Tiruvannamalai in prayers
and so on.
M.:
Samadhi transcends mind and speech
and cannot be described.
For example, the state of deep slumber
cannot be described;
samadhi state can still less be explained.
Q.:
But I know that I am unconscious in deep sleep.
M.:
Consciousness and unconsciousness
are only modes of the mind.
Samadhi transcends the mind.
Q.:
Still you can say what it is like.
M.:You will know only when you are in samadhi.

Beauty ＆ Pure 255

 

From ~~~ Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, 73

Bhagavan :
When you are everywhere, where are you to search?
The real delusion is the feeling that you are the body.
When you get rid of that delusion,
what remains is your Self.
You should search for a thing which is not with you
but where is the need to search for a thing
which is always with you?
All sadhanas are for getting rid of the delusion
that you are the body.
The knowledge that ‘I am’ is always there:
call it Atma, or Paramatma or whatever you like.
One should get rid of the idea that ‘I am the body’.
There is no need to search for that ‘I’ that is the self.
That Self is allpervading.
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