Sri Ramana Maharshi
5-3-1946 Evening
Mr. Desai asked Bhagavan, "How is it that some saints who must have also realized the Self, say that it is not desirable for one to merge in the Self, but one must have some slight individuality left to enjoy the bliss of the Self, just as the fly, to enjoy the honey, should not fall into the honey and be lost in it, but must sit on the edge and go on sipping the honey." Thereupon I told Mr. desai, "B has told us that the analogy is wrong and misleading. The honey is something inert and unconscious, a conscious being is required to taste it and enjoy it. On the other hand, the Self is consciousness and bliss itself and it is absurd to argue that when one becomes that, the Self, one will not be able to enjoy bliss and that one must remain separate to enjoy it." Mr. Desai asked, "Why then have some saints said so? That is our difficulty." I replied, "You must ask those saints. B has given us his opinion quite unambiguously that it is not necessary to remain separate to enjoy complete bliss and that, on the other hand, the bliss cannot be complete till the merger in the Self is complete."
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