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Talk 295.

Mr. Natverlal Parekh, a Gujerati gentleman who had attended the International Religious Conference as a delegate from Baroda, came here on a visit. He is a young man, well-groomed, alert, and quite conscious of his well-earned merit. He presented a note containing some questions to Sri Bhagavan.

D.: Pray help me realise Atma - Paramatma - Satchidananda.

M.: Atma - Paramatma - Satchidananda mean one and the same thing, i.e., the Self. The Self is eternally realised. 

Otherwise there will be no pleasure in it. 

If it is not eternal it must have a beginning; 

what begins will also end; 

so that it is only transient. 

There is no use seeking for a temporary state of affairs. The fact is that it is the 

state of effortless, ever alert Peace. Effortlessness while remaining 

aware is the state of Bliss, and that is Realisation.

D.: I do not want intellectual answers. I want them to be practical.

M.: Yes. 

Direct knowledge does not require intellectual discourses. 

Since the Self is directly experienced by everyone, they are not at all necessary. Everyone says “I am”. 

Is there anything more to realise?