- The Self
The Self is all-pervading - it does not come and go, it has no birth nor death - just as Space is all pervading.
When you look into a pot, there is space in it.
Take the pot away and put it elsewhere - the space in the pot does not move from place to place - in the sense in which water in the pot may be said to.
The five elements are shifted from place to place in the darkness of ignorance - and we foolishly attribute this to the self and say that the self is born or it dies.
- Belief
What is the difference between one who believes in God and one who does not?
All believe in God from the Absolute view-point.
Some ignorantly and some are enlightened.
- Atomic bomb and India
I fully believe that the Ramayana and Mahabarata ended in Atomic wars.
What about fall-out dangers?
Excellent! Perhaps it was the radioactive fallout that reduced the life-span of the Indian - shortened his height and robbed him of his intelligence.
Don't laugh - it mlght happen in other parts of the world this time.
- Our best
We do not say that we do not know anything. That would be hypocrisy.
We try to explain creation as best as we can.
Then, when we come to the final stage - why God created the world, etc., - we say, 'I do not know'.
- Heart and the Ego
Often we use terms like 'I said it in fun; he took it to heart.
Heart is the seat of the Ego.
Chitta is also seated in the heart - hence getting by heart means planting it deeply in the subconscious mind.
Mind and Buddhi are in the head.
When they ar shocked or disharmonised, we go mad.
If the ego is shocked we may have heart failure.