"The very first step in understanding what this is all about is giving up the concept of an active, volitional 'I' as a separate entity and accepting the passive role of perceiving and functioning as a process." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Self Remains Unaffected

Sri Ramana Maharshi

There is fire on the screen in a cinema show. Does it burn the screen? There is a cascade of water. Does it wet the screen? There are tools. Do they damage the screen?

That is why it is said achchedyoyam, adahyoyam, akledhyoyam, etc. Fire, water, etc. are phenomena on the screen of Brahman (i.e., the Self) and they do not affect It.
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From the Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 2

Him the weapons cleave not, Him the fire burns not, Him the waters wet not, Him the wind dries not. 

He cannot be cut or burnt. He can neither be wetted nor dried. Eternal, all pervading, immovable and motionless, He is the same forever.

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