Bhagwat Geeta

Sage

You can be the poorest man in terms of material wealth
and yet be a champion of the spirit in this life.
In ancient times, it is said, even kings and emperors
would bow down at the feet of an illiterate sage.
Illiterate means unlearned, uneducated.
Now, a king doesn't bow down to anybody except God,
so he must be at least wise enough to know whose feet he is bowing down to, or be compelled by some power to put his head at the sage's feet.
Human beings search for greatness based upon human concepts, conditioning and achievements.
A sage may have nothing. He is empty, but the force of his mere presence alone will draw those to him who have even a spark of attraction to the Supreme.

The sage doesn't point you to university
—he pulls you into the Universal Heart.

~ Mooji

The Jnani

THE JNANI
Question: How then does the Aham-Vritti (‘I’ thought, the sense of individuality) function in the jnani?
Sri Ramana Maharshi: It does not function in him at all. The jnani’s real nature is the Heart itself, because he is one and identical with the undifferentiated, pure consciousness referred to by the Upanishads as the Prajnana (full consciousness). Prajnana is truly Brahman, the absolute, and there is no Brahman other than Prajnana.
- The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

The State Of The Jnani

THE STATE OF THE JNANI
Maharaj: The world is but a show, glittering and empty.
It is, and yet is not. It is there as long as I want to see it and take part in it. When I cease caring, it dissolves.
It has no cause and serves no purpose. It just happens when we are absent-minded. It appears exactly as it looks, but there is no depth in it, nor meaning.
Only the onlooker is real. Call him Self or Atma. To the Self the world is but a colorful show, which he enjoys as long as it lasts and forgets when it is over. Whatever happens on the stage makes him shudder in terror or roll with laughter, yet all the time he is aware that it is but a show. Without desire or fear he enjoys it, as it happens.
Questioner: The person immersed in the world has a life of many flavors. He weeps, he laughs, loves and hates, desires and fears, suffers and rejoices. The desireless and fearless jnani, what life has he? Is he not left high and dry in his aloofness?
M: His state is not so desolate. It tastes of the pure, uncaused, undiluted bliss. He is happy and fully aware that happiness is his very nature and that he need not do anything, nor strive for anything to secure it. It follows him, more real than the body, nearer than the mind itself.
You imagine that without cause there can be no happiness. To me dependence on anything for happiness is utter misery. Pleasure and pain have causes, while my state is my own, totally uncaused, independent, unassailable.
- I AM THAT ch. 40

You are here

You cannot speak about this.
You cannot show it,
and yet when you come to this place inside your
heart, you will know, 'I am nothing but this,'
and many will somehow recognise you.
They will see you, they will feel your presence.
You don't have to speak anything,
because it is not your words.
Out of the pores in your body
the evidence of Truth will shine.
You are Here, you are Here, you are Here.

"White Fire" ~ Mooji