The Heartbeat of the Absolute

Talks given from 4/4/71 to 10/4/71 Original in Hindi

1 All Is A Miracle

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 1 All Is A Miracle 4 April 1971 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India OM. THAT IS WHOLE, AND THIS ALSO IS WHOLE. FOR ONLY THE WHOLE IS BORN OUT OF THE WHOLE; AND WHEN THE WHOLE IS TAKEN FROM THE WHOLE, BEHOLD, THE REMAINDER IS WHOLE. OM. PEACE, PEACE, PEACE. The Ishavasya Upanishad begins and ends with this sutra, and in it is declared all that can ever be said....

10 Ignorance Will Show You The Way

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 10 Ignorance Will Show You The Way 8 April 1971 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE PATH OF IGNORANCE ENTER DARKNESS; AND THOSE WHO ARE ABSORBED IN KNOWLEDGE ENTER A GREATER DARKNESS. This sutra makes a profound proclamation of the truth – a very bold proclamation. Such an announcement can be made only by a sage. It is declared that those who tread on the path of ignorance lose their way and wander here and there in this world; but those who walk on the path of knowledge – that is, the path of “I know” – lose themselves in greater darkness....

11 I Too Am Listening

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 11 I Too Am Listening 9 April 1971 am in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India ONE RESULT, THEY SAY, IS OBTAINED BY VIDYA, AND ANOTHER RESULT, THEY SAY, IS OBTAINED BY AVIDYA; THUS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE WISE ONES WHO EXPLAINED IT TO US. The truly learned, the wise ones, tell us that the fruit of true knowledge, wisdom, understanding – what the Upanishads call vidya – is quite distinct from the fruit of material, informational, acquired knowledge; this the Upanishads call avidya....

12 I Am Not The Body

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 12 I Am Not The Body 9 April 1971 pm in Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India ONE WHO KNOWS BOTH VIDYA AND AVIDYA TOGETHER OVERCOMES DEATH THROUGH AVIDYA AND EXPERIENCES IMMORTALITY THROUGH VIDYA. One who knows both avidya and vidya, having overcome death, will know the immortal. This is a very rare couplet. I told you that the Upanishads are not opposed to avidya....

13 Animal, Vegetable Or God?

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 13 Animal, Vegetable Or God? In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India THOSE WHO ARE ABSORBED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF PRAKRITI – THE MANIFEST NATURE – ENTER DARKNESS, AND THOSE WHO ARE ABSORBED IN THE FULFILLMENT OF HIDDEN PRAKRITI – UNMANIFESTED NATURE – ENTER GREATER DARKNESS. The outward manifestation of existence is called prakriti – the material nature of the universe – visible to the eyes, touchable with the hands, knowable through the sense organs; all that with which our organs become conversant....

14 The Seed and The Tree

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 14 The Seed and The Tree In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THE FRUITS OBTAINED BY THE WORSHIP OF MANIFEST BRAHMAN ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE OBTAINED BY THE WORSHIP OF UNMANIFEST BRAHMAN. WE HAVE HEARD THIS FROM THOSE WISE PEOPLE WHO KNEW AND EXPLAINED IT TO US. The Upanishads talk about two forms of Brahman, the supreme element....

15 Let Us Die

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 15 Let Us Die In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India ONE WHO KNOWS THE UNMANIFEST BRAHMAN AND AT THE SAME TIME THE MANIFEST BRAHMAN, HAVING OVERCOME DEATH BY THE WORSHIP OF THE MANIFEST BRAHMAN, ATTAINS TO IMMORTALITY BY THE WORSHIP OF THE UNMANIFEST BRAHMAN. We cannot draw a circle without a center. The circumference is drawn all around the center. As the circumference moves away from the center it grows larger and larger....

16 Only The Knowing Remain

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 16 Only The Knowing Remain In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India THE FACE OF THAT BRAHMAN, SITTING IN THE MIDST OF ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT, IS COVERED WITH A GOLDEN CURTAIN. O LORD, REMOVE THAT CURTAIN SO THAT I, A SEEKER OF TRUTH, MAY ATTAIN TO THE SUPREME. This sutra is rather difficult to understand, but it is of extraordinary significance for many reasons. First of all, we generally believe that if truth is covered, it must be covered by darkness, but the sutra says it is covered by light; hence the prayer that God will remove the curtain of light....

17 The Ultimate Jump

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 17 The Ultimate Jump In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India O SUN, NOURISHER AND SUPPORTER OF THE WORLD, O LONELY TRAVELER IN THE SKY, O YAMA, O SUN, O SUN OF BRAHMAN, I BESEECH YOU TO WITHDRAW YOUR RAYS. I SEE YOUR FORM, FULL OF GRACE AND GOODNESS. I AM THAT ONE WHO IS SITTING IN THE CIRCLE OF THE SUNS. We are familiar with the one sun we see in the sky, but there are countless suns like ours....

18 At The Door Of Samadhi

< Previous | Contents | Next > ‌CHAPTER 18 At The Door Of Samadhi In Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, India NOW LET MY SPIRIT MEET THE ABSOLUTE PERVADING ALL THROUGHOUT THE VITAL AIR, AND LET MY BODY BE REDUCED TO ASHES. O MY MIND FULL OF EGO AND DESIRES, NOW REMEMBER YOUR PAST ACTIONS, REMEMBER YOUR PAST DEEDS. Let life merge into that from which it was born. Let the shape lose itself in that formlessness from which it was created....