Now Is Certain

Sri Ramana Maharshi

17-2-1946

Mr. P. D. Shroff arrived from Delhi this morning. He said to B, "When I am away from you I feel miserable. While I am at Delhi, far away, I fell such a pull, as though you are a cruel lover keeping yourself away. Then I must come here at any cost. But when I come here you are like an ordinary person. What is this?"

B said," It is always like that. When one is separated, one wants to come."

Afternoon

A visitor asked B, "How has srishti (creation) come about? Some say it is due to karma. Others say it is the Lord's Lila or sport. What is the truth?"

B: "Various accounts are given in books. But is there creation? Only if there is creation, we have to explain how it came about. All that, we may not know. But that we exist now is certain. Why not know the "I" and the present and then see if there is a creation?"