247. Advaita (no-otherness) does not mean that you must always sit in samadhi (meditative trance) and never engage in action. Many things are necessary to keep up the life of the body, and action can never be avoided. Nor is bhakti (devotion) ruled out in advaita.
Quotable Quotes from 'Day by Day with Bhagavan'
“Once you have the view, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either.
There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the view will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time.”
~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY
You who slept, are also now awake. There was no unhappiness in your sleep, whereas it is present now.
What is it that has happened now, that this difference is experienced?
There was no ‘I’-thought in your sleep whereas it is present now. The true 'I' is not apparent and the false 'I' is parading. This false I'
is the obstacle to your right knowledge. Find out from where
this false 'I' arises. It will disappear. You will be only what you
are — i.e. absolute Being.
Search for the source of the ‘I’-thought.
That is all one has to do. The Universe is on account of the 'I'-thought. If that ends, misery will also end.
Q: Can the soul remain without a body?
M: It will do so during the next deep sleep. The Self is then bodiless. But even now it is so.
In deep sleep you exist without ego; then you are free of doubts. Only now, in the waking state, ego rises and you have doubts.
ln deep sleep you are happy, in the waking state you are unhappy. Find out what that state of deep sleep is, from which you have come.
- p. 102
CONVERSATIONS WITH ANNAMALAI SWAMI
Q: You talk a lot about effort but rarely speak about grace. Don't you attach much importance to grace?
AS: Grace is important; in fact it is essential. It is even more
important than effort. Realization of the Self comes about through both effort and grace. When one makes a steady effort to abide in the Self one receives the Guru's grace in abundance. The grace comes not only through the form of one's Guru. When you meditate earnestly all the jivanmuktas of the past and present respond to your efforts by sending you blessings of light.
Living by the Words of Bhagavan, p. 294.
The State we call Realization is simply being oneself, not knowing anything or becoming anything. ~ Sri Ramana.
If one has realized, he is That which alone is, and which alone has always been. He cannot describe that state. He can only be That. (Gems from Bhagavan, VIII).
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CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY
Q: Is it possible to be conscious without thought?
M: Yes. There is only one Consciousness. In sleep there is no 'I'. The ‘I’-thought arises on waking and then the world appears. Where was this ‘I’ in sleep? Was it there or not? It must have been there, yet not in the way you feel now.
The present is only the 'I'-thought, whereas the sleeping ‘I’ is the real 'I'. That subsists throughout. That is Consciousness. If that is known you will see that it is beyond thoughts. Thoughts can be like other activities, not disturbing the supreme Consciousness.
- p. 99
Who gave us this crazy idea that we should know how to live? Does a tree know how to grow? Does a cloud know how to float? Does the wind know where it is blowing? Does a road know that it is going somewhere? Don't know how to live, just recognise that you are life, and life just is.
~ Mooji
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