Conscious Immortality

Maharshi : Let activities go on. The do not affect the pure Self. The  difficulty is that people think they are the doer. This is a mistake. It is the higher power which does everything and people are only its tools. If they accept that position they will be free from troubles , otherwise they court them. 

The sculptured figure on the temple tower shows great strain , but really, the tower rests on the ground, and that supports the figure. The figure is a part of the tower , but is made to look as if it is bearing the weight of the tower. Is it not funny ? It is the same with the person who takes on himself the sense of doing.

Q: What is your opinion of social reform.

M: Self-reform automatically brings about social reform. Confine yourself to self-reform. Social reform will take care of itself.

Somebody commented that the Gita preached karma yoga , because it taught that one should act with selfless motives.

 M: No. This can only be achieved after knowing the illusoriness of ego , i.e. jnana. Hence it really taught jnana yoga,which is the highest , and that we should act by letting the universal act through us.

Q: I am a doctor. How can I best heal people ?

M: The permanent cure is jnana ; the patients must realize it for themselves , and that depends on their maturity. Otherwise when one disease goes another will come.

Conscious Immortality