MYSTERIOUS GUIDING POWER
What Is The Heart (In The Spiritual Sense) ? D: Sri Bhagavan speaks of the Heart as the seat of Consciousness and as identical with the Self. What does the Heart exactly signify? M: The question about the Heart arises
Objective Reality of the World Devotee: As I said before, we see, feel and sense the world in so many ways. These sensations are the reactions to the objects seen, felt etc., and are not mental creations as in dreams,
Reality is Being-Consciousness Devotee: The world may not be conscious of itself, yet it exists. Maharshi: Consciousness is always Self-consciousness. If you are conscious of anything you are essentially conscious of yourself. Unselfconscious existence is a contradiction in terms. It
Is the World an Illusion? Devotee: I cannot say it is all clear to me. Is the world that is seen, felt and sensed by us in so many ways something like a dream, an illusion? Maharshi: There is no
Jnani and the World Devotee: Is the world perceived by the jnani (Enlightened Being)? Maharshi: From whom is the question? Is it from a jnani or ajnani? D: From an ajnani, I admit. M: Is it the world that seeks
Silence and Solitude D: Is a vow of silence useful? M: The inner silence is self-surrender. And that is living without the sense of ego. D: Is solitude necessary for a sannyasin? M: Solitude is in the mind of a
All actions will go on by themselves D: Bhagavan said yesterday that while one is engaged in search of God ‘within’, ‘outer’ work would go on automatically. In the life of Sri Chaitanya it is said that during his lectures
Can a householder attain Self-Realization ? Maharshi’s Gospel Work and Renunciation D: How does a grihastha fare in the scheme of moksha? Should he not necessarily become a mendicant in order to attain liberation? M: Why do you think you
Highest Goal of Spiritual Experience Disciple: What is the highest goal of spiritual experience for man? Maharshi: Self-realization. D: Can a married man realize the Self? M: Certainly. Married or unmarried, a man can realise the Self; because That is
