Jnani

CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI

Q: The jnani appears to us to have a form. Do the gunas affect the functioning of this form? 

AS: The jnani does not regard himself as having a form; he only regards himself as the Self. If we limit Bhagavan to a form, that is our mistake, not his. The form we mistakenly regard as Bhagavan may appear to be governed by the activities of the gunas, but from Bhagavan's point of view there is no form at all, there is only the Self. 

So long as we identify ourselves and Bhagavan with particular 
forms, we cannot be aware of him as he really is. 

Bhagavan once said to me, 'All forms are God and all activities are His’. This does not mean that each separate form is a manifestation of God because in the Self there is no such thing as separateness. All people, all things, and the gunas which cause them to appear to react with each other, are just inseparable appearances in the indivisible and unmanifest Self.

- Living by the Words of Bhagavan