THE EGOLESS STATE

THE EGOLESS STATE 

A question was asked about the origin of ignorance.

“How can the State of Deliverance be harmonised with the world?”

The Sage answered: “That harmony is in Deliverance itself.” The Sage who is in that State is not aware of any disharmony; on the contrary there is perfect harmony there, because the Self alone is there — worldless. But the intellect cannot know that harmony, because it can never get there — because, if it gets there, it will cease to be. This is the meaning of the statement, many times reiterated in the ancient lore, that the State of Deliverance — that is, the real Self that is in that State — is beyond the intellect. As this State is beyond the intellect, so it is also beyond speech. Attempts to give a faithful description of the State in words are bound to fail.

Maha Yoga Chapter 8

by K. Lakshmana Sarma