Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj August 13, 2014.

Q: Personality should be dissolved totally or not?

Person is related to the body knowledge only. The moment body knowledge dissolves, all problems will dissolve. All the personal problems, whatever problems are there, are body related problems. Prior to beingness there were not any problems. The moment there is conviction of Ultimate Truth all problems will be solved. Because, importance of problems is because we have given so much importance to body. Importance of problems are because we have given so much importance to the body. The moment body knowledge dissolves, all problems will dissolve. There are no problems. Prior to body, prior to beingness there were no problems. After leaving body there won’t be any problems. So far as we are measuring ourselves in body, therefore problems are there. Just like in a dream, you are having so many problems. You are facing so many problems, good things, bad things. After awakening, after waking, what has happened to those problems in dream? Including yourself, including all this dream world disappears. The problems disappear along with the dream. So, basically unless body knowledge dissolves you will find severity of the problems. But the moment body knowledge disappears, dissolves, no problems will be there. Because you are getting courage. When you know the reality, you are getting courage to face all problems. We are giving a lot of importance to the problems because we are having a lot of faith and confidence in the body. The moment that body-knowledge dissolves, everything will dissolve. If you see the Biography of so many Saintly people, including: Ramana Maharshi, Nisargadatta Maharaj or Ranjit Maharaj, everybody faced so many problems during their physical awareness. But they ignore it. They face with courage. As I have told you so many times, Nisargadatta Maharaj was faced with so many problems. He lost; entire properties taken over by his partners. Money shortage. His business deeply disturbed. He was having physical problems. So many problems he faced. But he was having courage, full faith in the Master, Siddharameshwar Maharaj. He was always talking “If I am fortunate, I will get a lot of problems.” He was talking “If I am fortunate, I will get problems.” He faced so many problems. So now you are mature enough. You are mature enough; you have a lot of knowledge. Knowledge in respect of reality, final truth. Not to come again and again at body level. You use body just like a middleman, instrument. As long as you are having body, everybody is having problems. Physical problems, spiritual problems, mental problems. Everybody feels that his problem is a greater problem. Everybody feels that his own problem is a big problem. If you see the world, there are people suffering a lot of problems, more than us. This is the test of your spiritual life. You are to implement that knowledge. You have to bring that knowledge in practice.

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj February 22, 2012.

What is your experience?

Q: He thought a lot about Nisargadatta Maharaj Samadhi place. He thought that he would come to Samadhi and some experience would happen. But nothing happened. And he does not like at all Swami Ram Dass Samadhi. He does not like Ram Dass Swami Samadhi at all.

Why?

He feels something strange, something from outside, not close to him. But he was not dissapointed about it. Because it is so, just so.

What of Tukaram Maharaj, Jnaneshwar Maharaj?

On the energy level Jnaneshwar Samadhi was very interesting to him.

All Saints are within you. No experience is experience. No experience is also an experience. Because, your name is Ellis, so have you got any experience, ‘I am Ellis’? That means you are one with the spirit. When you are having experience, that means you are totally separate from that. It’s a good sign. Because your experience and experiencer dissolves together. It’s fact.

Yesterday you talked about expectations, and he expected from the whole pilgrimage, the main expectation was Nisargadatta Maharaj Samadhi. And nothing happened.

Don’t worry about it. Because always, see, the experience and experiencer, these are not the same. It means. Electricity is lighting. Light and electricity is one and the same. The light is just the instrument. The electricity reflects, this to light this place. Similarly, your energy or power reflects through this body. With that body some layers of experiences are appearing. But, without your presence the layers, you can’t visualize. Always you keep in mind, that without your appearance, without your existence, you can’t see anything.

When you are talking about Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Masters for which body media is required. When we are not having body association we are not knowing what is Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, what is experience, what is non experience, what is good thing, what is bad thing, nothing was known.

Sensations, expectations, good feelings, are just like chocolate. When a small child is not studying, parents are showing ‘Oh if you read this lesson, I will give you this chocolate.’ To have that chocolate that child, that boy, is reading those books. Experience is just like a chocolate. Master is giving some experience, but it is not Ultimate thing. Some miracles happen, some changes also happen.

When I was at Bapoli there was a call from Shaman person from Deli, elder, older person from Delhi. You know Shaman? He called me about quarter to twelve. Something happened and he was not able to tolerate it. A little bit some imbalance inside had taken over and he was upset. ‘How is this happening?’ So I told him to call in the morning, I could not talk right now, in the morning. I called in the morning, ok, something had subsided. Why am I explaining this? Because, in this spirituality, some unpleasant experience is also happening inside. Not to take note of such an experience. Even after having Ultimate knowledge sometimes some incident is taking place inside, that you feel something…scared. Some kind of fear will be coming in mind. In that moment you should be very, strong enough. At that time you remember whatever you listened to today. Therefore your knowledge is supposed to be constructive knowledge, strong knowledge.

This is not just an exchange of words, spiritual words to you. This is not bookish knowledge. Words are only just to explain your identity. Just to remove your body attachment. We are having strong body attachment. Even though we are talking about the spirituality, philosophy, Atman, Brahman, attachment with the body is very strong. We are thinking from that point of view only. The moment your body attachment dissolves, you are totally fearless. Any kind of difficulty, unpleasant atmosphere appears before you, you totally remain untouched with that atmosphere. My effort is, to make you strong. Therefore Nisargadatta Maharaj rightly says ‘I want to make you Master, not disciple.’ Sense of Master, sense of God, sense of Brahman, is already within you. But because of strong attachment to the body you forgot your identity. We in effect are repeatedly hammering that. Same thing through your Mantra, hammering that you are not a body, you are Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, Master. As I told earlier that spirit is so sensitive the impression which you impress it reflects accordingly. So the moment that body attachment dissolves you can see yourself in a real sense. So don’t worry. Don’t expect any experience. No experience, means also experience. When one Saint told his disciple,disciple asked ‘How is God?’ So he told ‘Close your eyes. What do you see?’ He responds ‘Nothing’ ‘That is God’

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj December 29, 2012.

You are living, depending upon mind, ego and intellect. Mind does not allow to keep faith. Always creating duality, this is correct, that is correct. Unless you are firm with your decision it is not possible to know yourself. Because we are conditioned to think or imagine through body-based knowledge. We mature to think or imagine with body-based knowledge. Unless your body identity dissolves, you are not able to know yourself in a real sense. Dry discussion on spirituality is meaningless. Just like kite flying. Because in human nature, hundreds of concepts, hundreds of imaginations are there. What to believe, what not to believe, people are under pressure of confusion. We are planning for future, planning what to do. So, after death our plan we are to go. Number of concepts are there. There was one great Saint named Tukaram. What he said was: ” All gods and goddesses are imaginary.” This was 400 or 500 years ago. He said human beings are blind. They don’t know the real God. They follow imaginary gods. And are trying to extract some happiness or peace. Just like a deer running for a mirage. You know mirage? Deer is running for water. People are like that, we are running after the mirage, just like the deer. Getting tired. Spending all valuable life in mirage. For which conviction is most important. Foundation is most important. You have to establish reality, this is reality, beyond that nothing is there. Because, we are victim of our own emotions. Out of emotions so many doubts are occurring. For that Self inquiry is required. You’ve got knowledge externally. Not internally. This is the proper time. Life is very short. Every moment in our life is very important. There is a lot of fear. Human beings are under the pressure of fear. Main fear is death. Everybody is worried what will happen after death. Nobody likes death. Even a small insect will not want death. Small ant, you put some water, pour some water, and he is running here and there. Everybody runs, wants survival. Because through body we are knowing our self. And like it. Once you know the secret of life, that is Self-Realization. The simplest, no death at all, this is Ultimate. Beyond that, nothing. People are traveling, go here and there, and there, think Maharaj will give some solace. Running here and there. They are torturing themselves. Torturing themselves…troubling. Some people have one leg, lifted just standing. Some ash putting like this. Some long beard and hair. Some colorful clothes. Sometimes some are fasting. Some performing some sacrifice with fire. So many (concepts). You have to come out of all those illusions. This is possible, only when you realize yourself in a real sense.

Q: That is the idea? What is the method?

It is not an idea; it is Ultimate Truth. Ideas something else. It is your truth, your final truth. Ideas is running externally, it is the imaginations. This is not an idea. It is a practice, given that practice practical knowledge. We are carrying body-based knowledge. You have to come out from the body-based knowledge. You have to break the circle.

Q: How?

After knowing the reality. It is just snake and rope. You know the example of snake and rope? Your considering rope as a snake. How are you completing removal of this concept? You are taking the light. This is a rope, this is not a snake, it just appeared as a snake. It is not a snake at all. Likewise, you know yourself, then all illusion will disappear. This is just like snake and rope. You have created fear. It’s snake, it’s snake. But if you take a light, this is not a snake this is a rope. I was under the impression, pressure of fear. As a matter of fact, this was nothing. Similarly, you know yourself. You know so many things, but you are not knowing yourself. It is very simple, but one must be daring. I want to know the reality! Don’t believe the ideas of anybody else. Don’t nod your head blindly. Don’t nod your head blindly. Don’t yes, yes, ok, ok, ok. Unless you are convinced don’t say ok, ok. Yes, I am not convinced I wanted to know the reality. That is a real seeker. After knowing the reality there will not be any temptation to go anywhere.

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded Skype Session of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj May 1, 2013.

Don’t make any deliberate effort, it will be spontaneous. Your appearance in the world is spontaneous. You did not decide to come into this world as a man or a woman. How are you prior to beingness are you a man or woman, or any person, nothing, nothing was there. The moment spirit clicked with the body you started knowing yourself as a man or woman. Without your spontaneous presence you can’t see the world. You see yourself first, then you see the world. Since we are measuring our self in the body form, therefore we are not able to know reality. Reality means just to know yourself in a real sense. Basically, you are unborn. Because you are considering yourself in body form, therefore you say, ‘I am born,’ and ‘I am going to die’. Since you are not born, the question of death should not arise. Don’t measure yourself in body form. Measuring yourself in body form, you are underestimating your presence. Remember the words of Nisargadatta Maharaj he said: “Except your Selfless Self there is no God, no Master, no Paramatman, no Atman, no Brahman.” Experiences are a kind of veils or layers. Experiences are a kind of veils or layers appearing upon your spontaneous presence. If presence is not there, who’s experience. Therefore, all experiences are illusions. Even experience I am Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God it is illusion. To say ‘God’ your spontaneous presence is required. Entire world is spontaneous projection of your spontaneous presence. Behind everything your spontaneous presence is there. Unless body knowledge dissolves, you are not able to know yourself. Body is just like media. What does he say?

I am telling Ultimate Truth, you may like, you may not like. There is no hide and seek. I am placing before you your truth, not the truth of Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, or any god. Because you are basically formless. Ego, mind and intellect is creating problems for us. But we are providing energy to ego, mind and intellect. To say ‘my ego’ to say ‘my intellect’ something is required, your spontaneous presence. Any question?

Silence is already within you. Happiness is already within you, not knowing happiness. We are running after mirage. You know mirage? We are running after imaginary God. Nobody’s seeing God. Because Godly essence is within the seer. After knowing the reality, you can do all your job, no problem. You can live like a common man, or woman. Because spirituality is not rocking your routine life.

Any further questions?

Q: How much time does it take to dissolve body related knowledge?

Say there is a darkness for 500 years. I am putting you in the place where there has been darkness for 500 years. If you will take a light, how many years will it take to get rid of the dark of 500 years? The moment you light it, darkness goes away. Dark will not say ‘I am here for 500 years; how can I go?’ It is up to you. This is a kind of Self Realization. There is not any span or period. Concentrate on the concentrator. Because all Godly essence is already within you. Any steps you have to undergo the discipline of meditation. It is complete concentration. Because the spirit through which you are talking, through which you are doing activities, is very, very sensitive. What you are impressing upon it, it is coming out with that impression. Therefore, Naam Mantra is given which is the meaning ‘I am Brahman, Brahman I am’. After continuous reciting with complete faith that Brahman essentially will automatically appear. Because, already it is within you.

Q: His question is about trouble, troubles. When body related knowledge dissolves completely are any troubles still existing? Or are they just temporary reduced for a short time? Or are they gone completely?

Body belongs to the five elements. Including mind, ego, intellect. There is bound to be some imbalance in these elements. Trouble with the body can be tolerable, when you know yourself. Pressure or trouble will be reduced. If you see the biographies of almost all saints, they are having a lot of trouble. But they tolerated it because of their Self Realization. Ranjit Maharaj, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Siddharameshwar Maharaj, even Vivekananda, all those saintly people were having a lot of problems, but they are tolerating because they are Self Realized. Because you are holding body, there are bound to be troubles. Prior to body knowledge or prior to beingness there was no trouble at all.

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj January 2, 2013.

The whole world. W-O-R-L-D. All world is in him. But the same world also in other, so, how can this be?

M: There is no anything like this. When you are considering yourself in body form, therefore you are thinking like that. Because you are considering yourself in body from, therefore this question arises. You are not in body form. I repeatedly say, your presence is just like the sky.

For example, you see the dream world. In the dream world you see sky, you see moon, you see sun, everything you see. From where it comes? From little presence, limited presence, clicks with the body and the entire show is projected. Little presence, you say ‘I am’. Clicked with the body entire show is projected. Not only that you are seeing this world, this sun, this moon, everything. Your acting, and not only that you are acting in that dream. Some invisible presence is taking the photographs. On awakening you say ‘Oh, I have seen this dream, I was acting like this’ Who is it that has created that world? You are sleeping, deep sleep. You are remembering all those stories. After awakening you are remembering all of those stories. Just like Sudama. You know the story of Sudama? This is what is called Maya.

So, first thing, not to consider, not to consider as a body form. I explain more. Spirit clicked with the body you see the explosion of this world. Just as matchbox and stick. Click you see the fire. Fire is everywhere. Fire is everywhere, because it is there when you click the matchbox and stick you see the fire. So, your presence is everywhere. Only click with the body and see this world ‘I am somebody else’. So, you are everywhere. Death and birth are only for the body. Not for you, not for anybody else. Not for you or anybody else.

Mind, ego, intellect, they are outcome of your body form. Prior to beingness, there is no mind, no ego, no intellect, nothing was there. No body was there. Therefore, one devotee asked the question of Nisargadatta Maharaj: “So every day I see the same world, same people, same sun, same moon.” Nisargadatta Maharaj replied: “You see yourself first, then you see the world. Without your presence you can’t see the world.” In body, if presence was not there, it is a dead body. Who will talk about the world? Who will talk about the people? Along with that spirit, everything goes. The moment spirit dissolves, the world dissolves. Entire world is a drama. The moment the spirit dissolves, entire world dissolves. Who will talk about the world? Who will talk about the relations?

This is only a food body. As long as you are supplying food, it will survive. You stop supplying the food, it will be reduced, reduced, reduced, and then it is gone, thin. So, who supplys the food? You use the food. If you don’t take food for say two weeks or three weeks, your weight is reducing, this fat. This is a food body. So, after knowing this there won’t be any struggle. Why to struggle? Who to struggle? No enemy, no friends. No enemy, no friends. No father, no mother. Because of the ego we are fighting. Unless ego dissolves, we are not able to know ourselves in a real sense. So, ego is supposed to be dissolved. ‘I am, I am’ What ‘I am’? Body is not going to remain constantly. This is a dead body. Ego is number one enemy. Diverting all spirituality. Making slave. We have become a slave of our body knowledge. Slave of mind, ego, and intellect. So, I am alerting. Be cautious. Forget past life. Start new life. This is a new birth. We are considering our self in some body form. After listening to the reality, you are not in body form. No more body form is there. ‘I am Ultimate Truth’.

Q: Why is his spirit is so weak? Why can’t he understand this?

M: There is no ‘why’. Again, we are counting on the base of intellect ‘why’. There is no ‘why’. Because everything is sky. There is no ‘why’ everything is sky. Is sky questioning anything? The sun is questioning? ‘Because of my heat somebody goes, because of my heat somebody is dying’? Is sun saying ‘Oh, I am giving light to everybody.’ It is spontaneous. There is no ‘why’, there is no ‘I’ to question ‘why’. If ‘I’ is there, then ‘why’ is there. If ‘I’ is not there, then the question of ‘why’ is no more.

For which meditation is required. It dissolves all this body knowledge. Ego, mind, intellect. First stage is meditation. As I told earlier. Clean your hard disk. Strong software, software is required, anti-virus software is required. So, Guru Mantra is strong anti-virus software. Everything will be opened. We have so many unwanted information in this laptop. Since childhood. So, since childhood until today, unwanted information, illusory information, we are feeding that laptop. Unless you remove all those unwanted files, you will not get good results. Virus, is confusing, creates problems. With various ways I am trying to convince you.

When you are holding body, some good things, bad things are bound to happen. All saintly faced, all saintly people faced a number of problems. What they realized, ‘I have nothing to do with the body’ and body related knowledge. So, don’t worry. Problems will be minimized. When you go closer and closer to your Selfless Self. After establishing the reality, after conviction. You yourself ‘Oh I am everywhere in the world.’

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj February 24, 2012.

It’s a simple knowledge. Knowledge of your Selfless Self. Without this body. Just glance what is here with this body bones, flesh and blood. Who is talking from this body? Who is listening from this body? This does not have any body form. That spirit which is listening or talking does not have any body form. The spirit which is talking and listening silently, these are the media for the speaker. Glance within yourself. The moment you have Enlightenment or Realization, Self-Realization. At that time, you don’t need anything or any worldly happiness. Those days Nisargadatta Maharaj refused a visit to this Prime Minister of India, because he was not after any publicity. Some people offered money also, he rejected, no. After Realization worldly happiness will have no meaning. Internal happiness is such that all external happiness becomes, nothing. After this, we are teaching to invite your attention that, when you are searching for happiness in publicity, money, sex, and other objective things, search within yourself. Who is enjoying this happiness? In brief, body is not Ultimate, but the spirit which is holding this body is Ultimate. That Ultimate state, is a totally thoughtless state. Though language is flowing, thoughts are flowing, you remain totally unconcerned with those thoughts. Though you are holding this body, but you are remaining totally unconcerned with the body. Just like you are wearing these clothes. It is not difficult, one thing you should have strong faith within yourself. Don’t do any deliberate effort. But with this strong faith within yourself and with your Master, that internal atmosphere will be totally changed. At that moment entire self will totally disappear. You can see all these changes within yourself. This is not an intellectual knowledge it is an exceptional story of your Selfless Self. How many devotees serious enough to know this Reality? How many devotees are there to know this Reality? People want happiness externally. Running after money, publicity, sex, and so many objectives. Then there is, as the process of life old age came. Old age. At that old age there is fear of the clouds of death, oh. That moment is a very, very, painful moment. Because; you don’t want to leave this body, at the same time you want to leave the body, very, very serious thing. Therefore, you should know what is the secret of death and birth. Nobody’s having experience of death and birth. Death and birth belong to the body only, not to me. This conviction is supposed to be there. You may live your life, your routine life as you like. But; the conviction should be there ‘I am not body, I was not body, I am not going to remain as a body.’ ‘My spontaneous existence is the source of this world. If my Presence is not there, who will see the world?’ All this philosophy, all this spirituality is within yourself only. All these spiritual books, all this listening, are indicating that you are the Supreme of this world. Don’t measure yourself in body form.

What do you say? Though you are living in this world, you remain untouched with the world. What is useful to live this body, to nourish this body, accept it, otherwise reject it. Like this tea. I don’t like to have coffee, so I want this tea, I don’t want coffee. Similarly, what is required for this body’s purposes, you use it, otherwise, reject it. Because; ego, mind, intellect is demanding so many things from the world. Different types of feelings are bound to be there in the body. Something says, ‘Some bad thoughts are coming in the mind, some good thoughts are coming in the mind, some depression is coming in the mind’ Who says all these things? I am trying to invite attention of that experiencer, or witness, of all this atmosphere. Try to concentrate within yourself. While concentrating, that concentration and concentrator disappears. That is Ultimate stage. At that stage there is no Master, there is no disciple, there are no gods or goddesses. All worldly experience dissolves within yourself. This world came into existence when you, experienced spontaneously within you. The moment the spirit clicked with the body, you started seeing the world. Trying to search ‘Who am I?’ After sitting with the Master, he says ‘You are Ultimate.’ Because of long association with the body, we are not having faith of the words of the Master. Therefore, some sadhana, some discipline is given to have some concentration through these spiritual words, this Guru Mantra. After having concentration continuously, continuously, continuously, the spirit will be totally changed. Enlightened stage. At that time, you will say ‘Oh, So That I.’ These are the first steps. We know the knowledge intellectually but not knowing practically, that is a drawback. That is a drawback. We know knowledge, intellectually, mentally, egoistic. But not Reality, really. That is the drawback of our spiritual life. Drawback. Drawback means, what you say? That is the hindrance, kind of hindrance. Through this body you can know yourself in a real sense only. You can easily overcome all types of ignorance. What is the principle ignorance? You are Ultimate, but you started considering you are somebody, a man or woman. Don’t measure yourself, though you are holding the body of a man or woman, don’t measure yourself in body form. This is an external thing. External clothes. Concentrate the spirit which is spontaneous Presence within you. Ultimate when you are concentrating the entire thing will disappear. When you came here you are supposed to be very serious to know yourself. I am repeatedly saying that you must have strong faith within yourself. Any doubts you are having get it cleared from the Master. When you are going from here, you completely remain doubtless. When you are going anywhere you are supposed to be doubtless. You are going to come across with some illusory elements. I told the story about the blind and the elephant. When you have seen the entire elephant why to come across with the blind that say how that elephant is.

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj February 24, 2012.

Today’s questions?

Q: I have a powerful experience today. That vibration we have been talking about, lately it somehow it changed frequency and became more intense. This morning suddenly, it personified into Ranjit Maharaj image and I felt 100% trust there. With this experience. I used to have with Ramesh Balsekar and with you, but never with a person who had passed away. This morning that experience was with Ranjit Maharaj. During morning Bhajans also I felt his presence.

Very nice. Everything opens.

Q: Yes, it feels like something inside opens by itself without my efforts.

It comes out of you only. This is the reflection of your spirit. Nisargadatta Maharaj rightly says that except yourself there is no god, nothing is there. Spontaneous reflections appear before you and you assume the seen. The seen is a reflection of seer. Whatever you see, Ranjit Maharaj, Ramesh Balsekar, myself, and so on, it is the seen of seer. It is a good sign. It means that, see, human life we are looking for happiness, everybody.

In human life, everybody wants happiness, peace, tension free life, fearless life. For which in human life everybody is struggling. Spiritual science says there are three types of happiness known to the people. Publicity, some people want publicity, they want to be known to get happiness. Some people are after money, they want to extract money for a source of happiness. Some people are after sex. Spiritual science says these three types. Your happiness is beyond that. Here in these three types of happiness, some object is required. Some material cause is required. But in the case of that spiritual happiness, there is no material cause. There is no object, there is no man, no woman, no money, no publicity, it is spontaneous happiness which cannot be defined cannot be explained in words. I am trying to establish that happiness.

At that moment you are totally fearless, no tension is there. Even some clouds, black clouds are coming, but you are not taking any touch of the black clouds or any circumstances. You are keeping yourself totally aloof, aloof, because you are in your own spiritual life. The life cannot be described but you feel it, there is feeling, spontaneous feeling should be there.

Q: Yes. His image sometime melts down and I felt only myself and he came back again and anyway the same vibration I felt it was very strong.

This is a sign that ego is melting. Intellect, ego and mind is melting, a melting process. You are getting open and open.

Q: Yes, I could see my ego, mind like energy, energy moving.

Ultimately you are coming close with you. Ego, intellect and all that mind will be totally dissolved. Even though you are having experience with the mind, ego, intellect, but you are not giving any importance to all these. You are not taking any qualities from these. These are stages. So, therefore you see everybody bowing down, that means I am giving the ego to you, Master. So, I am totally egoless, no mind, intellect.

Q: Yes, that happened to me when I bowed down to Ramesh Balsekar the first time. And it happened spontaneously, I was shocked, my ego disappeared suddenly.

Yes. That is the basic. But, since ego did not disappear, ego does not dissolve. If you are trying to pray to gods or master’s with ego, that purpose is not severd. Because ego is there ‘I am somebody else, why should I bow down?’ That ego is there, that is a hinderance in life, spiritual life. So, purpose behind it, to give respect to you and to give respect to your Master. Unique example Eklavya. Very, very, unique example. Though Master rejected him “I will not give this knowledge because of certain circumstances.’ But he had full faith in Master. Out of that faith, he got such a knowledge that even Master is surprised. ‘How did he do this?’ Just to encourage, internal Master, external Master is a must.

To be stable in spiritual life your ego is supposed to be dissolved totally. Ego is the cause of your loss of mental happiness. After knowing this spiritual life, this ego, intellect, mind. The moment it dissolves totally you will have such a feeling that cannot be explained in any words. Prior to having this spiritual knowledge, you lived life with the help of ego, intellect, mind. The moment you realize that behind all this ego, mind, intellect my presence is there. At that time the forces or the impressions of the ego, intellect, mind, totally dissolve. One thing to keep in mind for everybody, what we need is happiness, not with the help of any material object or causes but that internal happiness. Instead of searching here and there, if at all you want to search, you search within yourself. So many people, so many masters, so many temples you will get some temporary happiness. One thing is that we need a fearless life. Everybody is having the fear of death. And that moment is very, very, painful. If you are to overcome this fear of death, you have to undergo this spirituality. Find out who is dying and who is taking birth. Death and birth are related to the body only. Spiritual science says that you are not body. Don’t count yourself in body form. It is easy to understand at an intellectual level. But not an internal level. Therefore, in our lineage, sadhana is given. That means you have to recite that Mantra repeatedly. After reciting continuously that Mantra, some dramatic, some miraculous changes are taking place within you internally, internal part of the body.

Because we are a slave of our mind, ego and intellect. We are trying to live under the force of these three things. If it all you want to remove the force of this mind, ego, intellect you have to undergo this discipline. In that case you must have strong faith within you as well as your Master. It is not a blind faith, keep in mind. Because through the media of the Master, you are inviting attention of the listener that you are the source of all this world. So far you are considering yourself as a man or woman and you wanted to extract happiness through this body. Body is having some limitations. Child, young man, old man, all this are body having some limitations. But, spirit is not a child, or young man or old man. This type of concentration is required. Therefore, you must have total humbleness and politeness. Then your ego, intellect, mind will be dissolved. Casual devotion will not work. You must have total devotion.

Because in our lineage we are not expecting any money, or anything commercially. Since you are here, you must know yourself in a real sense. There should not be a dual mind. Be firm. Your foundation, your foundation of spirituality is supposed to be very, very strong. All questions arising within you will be totally, automatically solved. Then thereafter, ultimate stage you will be totally fearless. The main fear, that fear of death, you will overcome that death fear. The main fear within the being of death. When you come to know the secret of death, automatically, you won’t have the fear of death. Because, you realize that birth and death are connected with the body only. I am not body. Simple, after leaving the body whether they are burning or burying, I am not concerned with that. That conviction is most important. Unless you have conviction, doing something, external spirituality will not help you.

One should be very serious to know oneself. In this way I am not discouraging you to live your routine life. You live your routine life very happily. But you know yourself in a real sense. One thing the source of happiness is not the body. It is a temporary relief you are getting through body. You are getting temporary relief, whatever enjoyment you are getting through the body, it is temporary relief. Just like cookie and tea, it is a temporary relief. You must develop your own taste without any object or without any material cause. So, beyond that happiness, nothing is there in the world. I am inviting the attention of the silent, invisible listener within you. Don’t measure yourself in body form. In the world, hundreds of thousands of attractions are there. That is called Maya. You just know what is Maya. These are illusions. As a matter of fact, there is not any existence. The thing that is not real, you see it as real. Just like a mirage. You know mirage?

Q: Yes.

Therefore, basic thing. You must have strong faith within yourself, strong faith with your Master. You are supposed to be totally surrendered with the Master. To your internal Master.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj February 17, 2012.

This is very simple, prior to this consciousness or this awareness of ‘I am’ nothing was there. The moment that spirit clicked with the body we are seeing the gods, goddesses and all this world. So, all these gods, goddesses, everything entire world is your spontaneous reflection, spontaneous projection. Concentrate on your Selfless Self. There is no concentration without meditation.

He says he has no questions only answers.

This is commando training. So, wherever you go, you will be able to answer any questions, which are basically for you. For which the knowledge is to be perfection. Perfect foundation. So, if any question, anybody puts any question before you, you will not shake with that question. You can easily reply to that question. When one foreigner woman asked questions of Nisargadatta Maharaj very heavy questions intellectually, but he is giving that reply very easily without thinking. He has not taken any of the credit, he says “Because of my Master Siddharameshwar Maharaj I am giving the answers.”

He says now the communication between him and you is more important for him than his own meditation.

This is direct approach. Without body, without body.

And for the meditation he needs a body. He describes he has a lot of different states and they change don’t last for long, but for the last five days he is in a state where he is free to accept or reject any thought that comes to him. He doesn’t want to analyze a lot, to apply his mind for this. But he says there is him and there is everything else.

This is a sign of spiritual conviction. Good sign.

He cannot say that he has convinced himself, but it is experienced by itself somewhere inside.

It is nice. So many miraculous experiences you will get from inside. Then you say to yourself ‘Oh what is this?’

He tries to forget his experiences as soon as possible because he is afraid of his own ego, that his ego will try to possess these experiences. To own this experience.

This experience will be dissolved, along with experience and ego will be dissolved automatically. When there is establishment of conviction all these experience, ego, intellect, mind will be dissolved, vanish. Their existence will remain casually.

As a chain as causality conceptual chancing.

As you are going closer and closer inside your Selfless Self all these experiences will be dissolved. Because all experiences, experience, witness of mind, ego, intellect, temptations, feelings, all these are body-based feelings. The moment body knowledge disappears or dissolves, all your experience, temptations or feelings dissolve. Then you become very calm, and calm, and calm inside.

Maharaj, some more tea?

Nighttime I am taking very, very light. One doctor has said stomach is cause of all disease. Similarly, mind is cause of spiritual disease. If you feed properly it is ok, if you give excessive diet, it will give you trouble. Similarly, excessive use of mind, ego and intellect will give you trouble. In our lineage they have simplified this knowledge, very, very thorough. It is practical knowledge, there are no inferences, there is not any logic, there are not any intellectual thoughts, it very practical, it is your knowledge. It is your Reality placed before you. Which you forgot. Have perfection. By various discussions we have conveyed a lot of information. Just to indicate, you are the Supreme of this world. Only thing, you don’t measure yourself in body form.

So, I think there won’t be any questions. Still there are questions? Questions, answers, reply’s, temptations, feelings all are body-based knowledge. It is Reality, you are not body, you are not going to remain body. Some or other day we have to willingly or unwillingly leave this body. Establish this Reality that you are not body. Whatever is happening inside feelings, temptations, ego, intellect pressure of all these elements will be dissolved totally. Conviction of Reality is most important. All books, all information, spiritual information, are indicating, that except yourself nothing is there. Don’t take any literal meaning of this information or this spirituality, what they wanted to convey, that is most important. Because we are having this habit, ‘What is the meaning of this word, what is the meaning of this word, what is the meaning of that word? Why this master says like this? Why that master says like that? All this inquiry is totally illusory inquiry. Because everybody’s experience is a different experience. One’s experience may not be another’s experience. So, don’t tally with why this experience is happening for this person, why this experience is, don’t tally. Don’t compare it. Therefore, meditation is good medicine to establish a conviction of your Reality. Just like I told, to remove thorn from your leg, you have to use another thorn. After removing that thorn, then you are throwing away both the thorns. Spiritual knowledge is like that. After your conviction you get rid of all these things. Therefore, the story of Eklavya is a very unique story. He cut his thumb and gave it, ‘I don’t want it.’ When you are going you deposit your ego, intellect, mind in Nashik Ashram.

You should have a special premises for ego.

Very good bank with us. You will give money but not these three things (ego, Intellect, mind). After having control of mind, ego and intellect, spontaneous control, then your entire life will be so that you won’t find any tension, any temptation, any unhappy incidents. Don’t come across any persons, perhaps he may impress his thoughts, the establishment of Reality may shake. He may create some doubts in your mind and then again you will come down with this original state. Try to avoid association of such people, those that are having illusory concepts.

If my foundation is firm enough, I should not be afraid of someone else’s concepts.

Correct, correct. Perfection, perfect foundation. Where there is not any body- knowledge. There is no body knowledge, so mind, ego, intellect, temptation and so many concepts are related to the body only. You want the experience of Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God also is illusion. Because to say Atman, Paramatman, you have to take ego of the body. Spirit does not have any name. Just we have given the name just to understand the spirit.

OK.

Perfect.

Try to learn to simplify all this Reality. I am placing before you your Ultimate Truth.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj February 16, 2012.

So, what are today’s questions?

Q: He has a question, one question. He doesn’t understand whether his spirit has taken his body consciously or unconsciously.

Spirit is not separate from you.

You are separating spirit and yourself.

OK. He himself has he taken this body consciously or unconsciously?

You don’t make any deliberate effort. It is happening inside.

No differences in body consciousness. Because see prior to consciousness no questions where there.

So, all questions are in awakening stages. Awakening stages. Prior to consciousness there were no questions, no experience of body, no experience of spirit.

So, now you are having this body. Those questions are coming out.

Q: He says he tries to figure out with the experiences of his body.

Don’t make any effort. It is spontaneous.

When you are making some efforts than you are taking some ego. ‘I am somebody else, spirit is somebody else, experience is somebody else, experiencer is somebody else, you are creating confusion.

So, entire, this world is your spontaneous projections.

So, you are not separate from all this. This is just like electricity. Different say, fan is there, light is there, these are projections.

Behind that, your invisible Presence is there.

Not to struggle.

Be as it is. Don’t try to make some deliberate effort. It will happen automatically.

I have given the example of that Eklavya. It is very, very, nice example.

Eklavya, Mahabharat. Disciple of Dronacharya.

Q: I cannot remember his name.

Eklavya, his name is Eklavya.

So, with the help of this Eklavya Master.

His internal Master say, started giving him instructions on how to aim the target.

So, without any efforts, he used to ask the question to the statue whether the aim of the target is correct or not. Out of that inspiration, inner inspiration replies are coming out automatically, ‘Yes, my child. Target it.’

So, here you a Master and you are a disciple also.

Therefore, I am reminding you of this identity.

So, you forgot your essence of Master.

Because impression of body association is very strong. So, it is not convincing you that you are beyond this body knowledge.

Just wait and watch.

When, I told you this. When somebody takes a drop of poison, it acts automatically in the body. You do not have to think what will happen.

Similarly, that Naam Mantra itself is affecting inside without your knowledge.

Q: Maharaj, what is effort? Sometimes I don’t know whether I make effort, or it happens by itself. What is effort?

Effort means seem deliberate act. Taking this tea, I am lifting this, it is effort.

Q: But you do it deliberately.

To enjoy this tea, you have to make some effort.

Without effort you can’t enjoy this tea.

Similarly, meditation is effort. Reciting of the Mantra is effort. After that you enjoy the effect of the effort.

Q: But you say it is not necessary to make effort, and now you say it is necessary to make effort?

It is automatic. It is not a deliberate act.

Q: So, I need not be afraid of efforts.

It happens automatically.

Q: If I want to make effort, I can.

When you are making deliberate effort at that time you are taking ego of body.

Q: If I know that I am taking the ego of body I can make deliberate effort?

I told you. I have given you example. I want to take this tea, enjoy tea. So, I have to pick up this tea, using this, after that I am leaving it. So, that work is over. I am not, whatever is happening or not happening, I am not concerned, just a casual thing. I want to enjoy tea, I have taken tea, I lift it, drink it, then forget it. It is a natural act.

Q: Aspect of volition, will? Personal will.

Will. This is also some concepts. Will, effort, all these words are concepts. They are indicating some meaning. ‘I have got will.’ means desire, strong desire.

But don’t get involved in these various words. Words are just indicating meaning, denote meaning.

Because all words, all spiritual science, indicate that you are ultimate.

Because without your Presence you can’t see the world.

So, see word ‘will’ or say ‘effort’, ‘strong will’ these are the various words indicating all this came out of your spontaneous Presence.

So, maintain silence, be peaceful. Whatever you are doing ok. Take some tea, then I forgot I have taken tea and then doing something breakfast. Then put in effort for breakfast, then taking lunch. So this is all part of the body.

So, what happened yesterday, what lunch I have taken yesterday, what activity, I am not memorizing all this activity, it is spontaneous activity.

So, behind all these activities your spontaneous Presence is there.

Are you counting how many times you have taken a breath, how many times you have to breathe out. Regular activity, how many times you have taken food, how many times you are smoking? These are activities, these are normal activities of the body.

Since you are holding body that mind, ego, intellect is acting regularly.

Because these are body-based elements.

So sometimes you feel happy, sometimes you feel nervous, sometimes you may feel desperate. These are all the actions, reactions, of the body form.

For all these situations you observe it. This time is very sad, some depression time is there. You feel some liberation, so I am very happy. So, all these symptoms you witness.

These are body-based symptoms. These are body-based symptoms.

Because, as you know this body is made by the five elements, plus three gunas. So, ups and downs are bound to be there.

Spiritual science says there is Sattva guna, Rajas guna and Tamas guna. Sattva guna is having devotions and prayers and all of this, these are symptoms. You like to go to masters and pray to God, etc. etc. You have helpful nature to others these are the signs of Sattva guna.

Maharaj. Nisargadatta Maharaj I remember exactly determines Sattva guna as existence itself.

Ya. It is useful for spirituality.

So, Sattva guna you like to have devotion, you like to have prayers to God or Master. Your total involvement, totally peaceful life. So, you are enjoying Sattva guna.

You are getting exceptional peace from inside.

So, disturbance of mind and ego and intellect it will be reduced.

So, you become totally humble and quiet and calm.

You are not hurting anybody else. If anybody abuses you, you are forgiving him, like that.

So, you are not taking any qualities of the worldly things.

Because you have become one with your Master.

Rajas guna it is kind of commercial approach.

Commercial is you like to enjoy, some good foods, entertainment.

You like to have sex, so many attractions are there.

All types and sorts of concepts are coming through and flowing in your mind.

This is Rajas guna.

Tamas guna is fighting nature.

Fight, you have to do something. You have to attack something.

Jealousy is there. So many things. Hatred, jealousy, fighting.

So, out of these three gunas Sattva guna is good for spiritual life.

Ultimate state all these gunas are also illusion.

So, three gunas in Ultimate state, these are illusory concepts.

Because it is body connected.

And as you know you are not body.

When you came across with the body all three gunas, mind, ego, intellect so many things started.

Prior to body experience nothing was there.

After disappearing body experience nothing will be there.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj April 3, 2017.

You are running after a mirage. You know mirage? Nothing is there. But we are running from here, spirituality, spirituality… Why? Because we are deceiving our Self. Everything within you but you are not identifying yourself. You are not knowing yourself. So, this is basic idea, not concept. This is basic Realization, basic Knowledge. To identify, we are placing before you the Reality, your Reality. Not reality of Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master. These are good words, because you are playing with all these words. Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master, I-Am, it’s okay. Concept, not bad concept. What do they indicate? Out of this concept, what do they indicate? They indicate that except your Selfless Self nothing is there. That conviction is supposed to appear and for that conviction everybody is struggling. Everybody, every being is struggling. Because though we know literally, after reading so many books. If you ask the question, there is no peacefulness inside, no happiness inside. Something needs are there, to know something. No peacefulness there. What is there fear? Tension is there. Why this? Because we are not knowing our Self. We know so, so, many things, but we are not knowing our Self. Spirituality is teaching you, try to Identify Yourself. Know yourself in a Real Sense. It is Knowledge. Knowledge means just to Identify, know yourself in Real Sense. We are knowing our self in body-form and that is illusion. Very simple thing. That means not to neglect your body. Not to neglect your responsibilities. Whatever responsibilities you are to carry out. You are employed, you are businessman, family member, take care of them, what is there? And during the process of this life you are to identify yourself. Thoughts are flowing, not to struggle with the thoughts. “Why these bad thoughts are coming? good thoughts are coming?” They are there, it’s the nature of the body. Mind is factory manufacturing thoughts. But because we are struggling, therefore getting irritations. Not to struggle thoughts. It’s okay, thoughts which is useful for your routine you can accept it, otherwise throw it out. Very simple thing. There is total lifestyle will be changed. For which you have got to have some Courage to dissolve all these illusionary concepts.
Is it clear?

Q: Somehow yeah.

Maharaj: Why somehow?

Q: Yeah, it’s clear.

Maharaj: Why somehow? It’s a plain Knowledge, plain Truth. Why somehow?

Q: It’s clear because I can say nothing, so….

Maharaj: It’s very simple language. Very simple. Even if you think logically, even you are thinking intellectually, the Reality is there. This is not your identity at all. Body is not your identity at all. Some or other day willingly or unwillingly we are to leave this. You are not to become a spiritual master. Try to Identify, then next there won’t be any dream like this.

Q: Sorry, “next…”?

Maharaj: So, if you discard all the concepts there won’t be any dream like this. You are to discard all the concepts, including “I Am Brahman”. Brahman also concept. Because you are not knowing prior to beingness whether ‘I am Brahman’ or Atman, Paramatman. These words came after living – after touching the body only. We came across all these words, Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master. So many words when that Spirit clicked with the body. Prior to beingness you are not knowing any single word because we are not knowing our Self. Because you are Totally Formless. As of today, You Are Formless. This form is not your identity at all.

Q: (inaudible) But I think there is something else. umm?

Maharaj: Don’t, don’t think! Why to think it? This is the Reality. When you are thinking you are taking position ‘I am man or woman, or I am male or female.’

Q: No something inside the form, there is a sense of beingness. It’s just a sense of being.

Maharaj: Who is experiencing sense of beingness?

Q: This is just a sense.

Maharaj: What is that sense? Where is that sense prior to beingness? After leaving body any sense remains?

Q: Somehow there is an experience of living (inaudible). A sense that.

Maharaj: This is imagination.

Q: It’s imagination?

Maharaj: Do you know anything, any memories prior to beingness?

Q: No

Maharaj: Because you are Formless. After leaving body any memory remains?

Q: In formlessness.

Maharaj: You are Formless. All answers are within you. Prior to beingness you are formless, at present you are formless, after leaving body you’ll be formless. There is no any “How I Am?” It is called just like a space or sky. Sky does not know ‘I am sky or space.’ Similarly, Presence within you is not knowing itself as ‘I am Presence.’ It’s Invisible, Anonymous, Unidentified, cannot be defined. You should take from this Ashram something. To discard all the concepts. That’s the purpose behind this, because we are not want any expectation from you. Expecting You should learn something, you should earn something. Be Something, Which You Are Already That.

Because this is an opportunity. Human body is an opportunity to know your Selfless Self, to Identify yourself. Nothing is required for that. No garland is required, no money is required, but you try to Identify. Body is an, say, instrument through which you can Identify Yourself. What is it? Bones are there, blood is there, flesh is there. I was small child now I am old man – is it my identity? Not at all. Some or other day we are to leave this. It’s firewood. But you are having strong faiht with this. Everybody wants to survive longer time. It’s born with a time limit. So, not to waste your time, do your job, do your duties. But during the process of this lifetime, try to identify. What to accept what not to accept, up to you. You rely on yourself. Rely on your Inner Voice. Which is called Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master, which is not separate from you. You need not to go to anywhere to find out the Reality. The Reality starts from you, the Reality ends within you.

You must have strong faith within yourself, which you are lacking. We know everything, but we are not knowing our Self.

Okay.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj