The Person is not Reality Questioner: Kindly tell us how you realized the Self. Maharaj: I met my Guru when I was 34 and realised by 37. Q: What happened? What was the change? M: Pleasure and pain lost their sway over me. I was free from desire and fear. I found myself full,…
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Awareness and Consciousness Questioner: What do you do when asleep? Maharaj: I am aware of being asleep. Q: Is not sleep a state of unconsciousness? M: Yes, I am aware of being unconscious. Q: And when awake, or dreaming? M: I am aware of being awake or dreaming. Q: I do not catch you. What exactly…
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Desires and Fulfillment, Witnessing Questioner: I am full of desires and want them fulfilled. How am I to get what I want? Maharaj: Do you deserve what you desire? In some way or other you have to work for the fulfilment of your desires. Put in energy and wait for the results. Q: Where…
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Responses of Memory Questioner: Some say the universe was created. Others say that it always existed and is for ever undergoing transformation. Some say it is subject to eternal laws. Others deny even causality. Some say the world is real. Others — that it has no being whatsoever. Maharaj: Which world are you enquiring…
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Are you not permanent Questioner: When I look into myself, I find my strongest desire is to create a monument, to build something which will outlast me. Even when I think of a home, wife and child, it is because it is a lasting, solid, testimony to myself. Maharaj: Right, build yourself a monument….
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How can I gain peace Questioner: If my real self is peace and love, why is it so restless? Maharaj: It is not your real being that is restless, but its reflection in the mind appears restless because the mind is restless. It is just like the reflection of the moon in the water…
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Find your Real Self Questioner: As a child fairly often I experienced states of complete happiness, verging on ecstasy: later, they ceased, but since I came to India they reappeared, particularly after I met you. Yet these states, however wonderful, are not lasting. They come and go and there is no knowing when they will…
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The Mind Questioner: There are very interesting books written by apparently very competent people, in which the illusoriness of the world is denied (though not its transitoriness). According to them, there exists a hierarchy of beings, from the lowest to the highest; on each level the complexity of the organism enables and reflects the depth,…
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Meditation Questioner: All teachers advise to meditate. What is the purpose of meditation? Maharaj: We know the outer world of sensations and actions, but of our inner world of thoughts and feelings we know very little. The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose…
