Dear Mr.Bharath,
I understand your point. But Ramana Maharishi answered from his state of mind.
But communication should be always at the level of receiver. Many attain
highest consciousness level, but do not accumulate the ability of expressive
language before their attainment of highest consciousness level.
The expressive language skill comes only when you pass through all the hurdles
of life as common man goes through. Ramana Maharishi did not go through common
man life. He left home when he was 17 and lived alone in a cave for seven years
with no talks with anyone. So he has not come across what you and I have
undergone.
He is intelligent and hence at that young age he could able to take sannyas ,
that itself indicates his fearlessness. He remained fearless from his young age
and after attained highest consciousness level, he himself the universe. It is
very difficult to understand that a man of `cowbegam' ( (a single piece of
cloth to cover his private part) standing in front of you is none other than
god himself or this universe itself. Since he is the universe, he address that
as `self'. Can anything exist away from this vast dome of universe?
In merchant Navy studies, we have one subject called `Principle of navigation'.
In that we have one lesson on `Celestial navigation'. In this lesson we assume
this universe as celestial sphere, and since universe is ever expanding with no
boundaries for it, any point on the universe can be considered as center of the
universe. So we have considered earth center as center of the universe. Based
on this assumption we have derived some elements such as GHA (Greenwich Hour
angle) and Declination similar to latitude and longitude of the earth. That is,
vertical lines on the universe are called GHA and horizontal lines are called
declination. Now any point on the universe can be exactly located. Because of
this theory now we can send any rocket or satellite exactly to its orbit.
Based on the above theory i.e any point on the universe can be considered as
center of the universe, Ramana Maharishi centered his body as center of this
vast universe and called `self' and looked at everything from that view.
Why we fear? We fear because we see that there may be a threat to our body by
various ways. Because we consider ourselves as body, and that is the truth for
us, and any external factors which are going to challenge the survival of the
body, will be the cause for our fear and cause for our misery. Except our body
we consider everything else as `other'. So for us even our own parents will
look like threat and we may fear about them.
Now Ramana Maharishi from his state of mind, do not considered himself as body,
he sees himself as the universe, and all events of the universe whether it is
of good or it is of bad all are happening in him, and he is watching the events
as we watch movies, and the body of Ramana maharishi is part of that universe
and he knows how this body will move and behave based on the karma of that
body. So from his consciousness state when there is nothing `other' out of the
universe, what is the possibility of fear for him.
Are you getting my point? Fear exists only when there is `other'. If there is
no `other', everything exist in the universe are one singular thing, then how
there will be fear?
Let say that all human beings, animals, plants, planets, stars are all `forms',
the space that surrounds us is `Formless', now tell me which is big? Form? Or
Formless?. Certainly the formless is big, and hence it contains all galaxies of
stars, and in that galaxy all other I have mentioned above comes under.
Now if you see that Forms have different shapes, different sizes, and different
material composed of, but if you see the `space' that surrounds us is of same
nature. On earth, the space has atmosphere which contains various layers of
different densities of air, which you cannot see through naked eye. But if you
empty out the air, what exists is pure space. This is this `pure space' exist
all over universe, with no boundaries. Now I say that this is not pure empty
space, this is what consciousness is. How we share airing space, similarly we
share consciousness. When I stand on my house terrace, I have my airing space,
and similarly from each house each has their own airing space. Before I built
house there was space above land on which I built house and keep my things.
Similarly before you were born there was no body of you existed, but certainly
space existed to accommodate you. You were born, and space or consciousness
allowed your existence in it. And in your body, in your brain, you have
accumulated various knowledge; because of that thoughts have raised which also
needs space, which had existed in your consciousness, like atmosphere surrounds
the earth.
Thoughts are not inside your head, thoughts are around your body, around your
head like atmosphere that surrounds the earth. Where is this atmosphere exist?
Certainly in space, similarly thoughts exist in consciousness (space). The more
you accumulate in your head, more thoughts will spring, so this obstruct your
clear view of outside, like clouds obstruct the clear view of sky. What happens
if sky is fully clouded, then darkness prevails, no light which cause one to
fear. Similarly person with more thoughts have more fear, because there is no
space (consciousness) and hence no light. Consciousness itself is light. So
when this space or consciousness or light is not glowing in you, you have fear.
So if you do not want to have fear, do not accumulate. Do not accumulate
anything whether of material or of knowledge. This word `accumulation' is what
people call `desire'. But can any normal human being live without
accumulation?, not possible, so accumulate in moderate way. Like how you keep
your house with minimum items and have more space to move around, similarly
your mind should have more space and less thoughts than you will not have fear.
As long as you see yourself as `consciousness' then you will not have fear. It
is because you have identified yourself with form (body) you have fear.
In truth there is only consciousness exist because it is what life energy and
all other are forms created by it and moved by it. In consciousness we are all
one and the same like airing space is common for all houses, so when this is
understood that only `self' or consciousness exist and there are no other, fear
will not exist.
I hope my words to can give some kind of understanding on the subject.
Best wishes
Suresh
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