Arunachal. अरुणाचल -8.

~~~~Arunachala. अरुणाचल -8.~~~~
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JNAANA-SIDDHI, NO INACTIVITY.


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Devotee.- Can a man move about, act and speak who has
attained the Siddhi, as is now described ?
Maharshi.- Why not ? Do you mean to say that realization
of Self means to be like a stone or to become nothing ?
Devotee.- I do not know, but they say that to withdraw
from all sense-activity, from all thoughts, all life-experiences,
i.e., to cease to be active, is the highest state.
Maharshi.- If so, what is the difference between this state
and deep sleep ? Besides, if it is a state, however exalted,
that appears and disappears and is, therefore, not natural
and normal to the self, how can that represent the eternal
presence of the supreme Self, which persists in all states
and indeed survives them ? It is true that there is such a
state indispensable in the case of some. It is a temporary
phase of the Sadhana (Abhyaasa), or a state that persists
to the end of the life if that be the Divine will or the Praa-
rabdha. In any case you cannot call it the highest state.
Great men, Muktas, Siddhas, are said to have been very
active and are indeed active; Ishwara Himself, the Spirit
who presides over this world directing its activities, is ob-
viously not in this supremely inactive state. Otherwise you
may as well say that God as well as the Mukta purushas
have not attained the highest state.
Devotee.- But you have always laid great stress on Mounam
(Silence).....
Maharshi.- Yes, I have. But silence does not mean negation
of activity or stagnant inertness. It is not a mere negation of
thoughts but something more positive than you can imagine.
Devotee.- Is it unthinkable .....?
Maharshi.- Yes. As long as you run with the running mind,
you cannot have it. The silence of the Self is ever there. It is
a supreme peace (Mounam) -मौनं  immutable like a rock that
supports all your activities, in fact, all movements. It is in this
Mounam that God and the Mukta purushas are rooted.

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