Hari Om
Gurudev was asked on more than one occasion...
His response:
Vedānta is the science of human personality, and as such, we do not enquire into the motive of the Infinite in finite. In short, if God created the world, it is useless for you to ask me why He did so. I would say, “Please go and ask God.” If I give you any explanation, it will at best be my theory. The Infinite has never become the finite. ⠀
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The dreamer alone sees the dream. When the dreamer wakes up, he understands that the dream was only a misinterpretation of the waking world in another plane of consciousness. The Infinite, when looked at through the body, mind and intellect, appears to be the world of objects, emotions and thoughts. It is for us to wake up from this dream of ego! ⠀
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When we look out from the perspective of the Self, the Self alone exists. Seek this centre of Reality in yourself. But really there is not just one creation story. Ādi Śaṅkara claimed that he counted eighty-two different ones in the scriptures. No theory is correct. They were a kind of lullaby to set a mood, to soothe the student’s mind. No mind, no creation. ⠀
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For the sage there is no creation. Ask an unbound sage how bondage came and you will never get an answer. He will reply, “What bondage? Who is in bondage?” Ask one who is still bound by the world and how can he answer – he isn’t out of it himself. So there you are – no answers. ⠀
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If your child is given a piece of cake and the child asks, “Mummy, where did you get it? Who gave it to you? Why did he give it? Why should I eat it?” It will be clear to you that the child is not hungry. If the child was hungry, he would just grab the cake and eat it. ⠀
At this moment, we are not spiritually hungry, and therefore, the intellect raises these questions. Cultivate in yourself a healthy spiritual hunger. Then you will leave playing with the world of plurality and turn your attention to the pure Self.⠀
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The dreamer alone sees the dream. When the dreamer wakes up, he understands that the dream was only a misinterpretation of the waking world in another plane of consciousness. The Infinite, when looked at through the body, mind and intellect, appears to be the world of objects, emotions and thoughts. It is for us to wake up from this dream of ego! ⠀
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When we look out from the perspective of the Self, the Self alone exists. Seek this centre of Reality in yourself. But really there is not just one creation story. Ādi Śaṅkara claimed that he counted eighty-two different ones in the scriptures. No theory is correct. They were a kind of lullaby to set a mood, to soothe the student’s mind. No mind, no creation. ⠀
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For the sage there is no creation. Ask an unbound sage how bondage came and you will never get an answer. He will reply, “What bondage? Who is in bondage?” Ask one who is still bound by the world and how can he answer – he isn’t out of it himself. So there you are – no answers. ⠀
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If your child is given a piece of cake and the child asks, “Mummy, where did you get it? Who gave it to you? Why did he give it? Why should I eat it?” It will be clear to you that the child is not hungry. If the child was hungry, he would just grab the cake and eat it. ⠀
At this moment, we are not spiritually hungry, and therefore, the intellect raises these questions. Cultivate in yourself a healthy spiritual hunger. Then you will leave playing with the world of plurality and turn your attention to the pure Self.⠀
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