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Nothing Is There – Ramakant Maharaj – Nashik Ashram

There’s no limitations. Body is having limitation. With these various words we are trying to convince except yourself nothing is there in the world. Who says ‘I’? To say ‘I’ to say ‘you’ some identity is required. For discussion purposes, you have to take the help of some words. Spiritual words. Just to convince that Invisible Identity, which can not be defined in words. So the source of the entire world is within you only, not in the form of body. But because of long association with the body, and so called mind, and ego and intellect. You forgot your identity. Started thinking I am a man or woman. ‘I am knowledge’, ‘I am Brahamn’, ‘I am Atman’, ‘I am Paramatman, God or Master’. All these terminologies started.

As a matter of fact, these terminologies, these terminologies are within the space of time, of I am, from childhood until today. Prior to childhood, when your not knowing yourself, there is no I am, there is no Brahman, there is no Atman, there is no Paramatman,there is no Master, nothing. After leaving this body, there is no experiencer, there is no experience,there is no identity,there is no consciousness, there is no awareness, nothing is there.

Q: I can compare it is like a hole in the ice, I was covered in ice and you break the hole.

Don’t apply your intellect, don’t make deliberate effort, what I told is Ultimate, is your identity, spontaneous identity, invisible identity. I try to explain, in some words, words have no meaning, just to convey, because without words I can’t convey you. So I am taking the help of them, but as a matter of fact, nothing is there, except yourself. It’s open truth. All our discussions, even spiritual discussion, high level discussions, discussions about Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master, these are only dry discussions. We can go on discussing hours together their is no meaning, out of discussion, what is the conclusion.

Q: No conclusion.

Conclusion is that, except yourself nothing is there. All spiritual books, all the discussion, all this information,with various sources, what they indicate, is except that Unidentified, Spontaneous, Anonymous, Invisible Identity, nothing is there.So be calm and quiet. You do your job, spirituality is not disturbing your routine life. It’s not something, what happens, I am going to die, no. But, at Ultimate stage you are totally fearless, there won’t be any type of tension, there is no question of happiness or unhappiness.All these terminologies, connected with the body form only. When there is conviction ‘I am not body, I was not body, I am not going to remain body,then why should I be bothered about any of this atmosphere?’

Q: To survive.

OK, therefore Siddharameshwar Maharaj rightly says “This is little carrot, so far you can play, you play, otherwise you can eat it.” So, with various words, various terminologies, with various
information,trying to convince, Silent, Invisible, Anonymous, Spontaneous, Listener, everything behind, Your Spontaneous Presence is there. Don’t try to color it in the form of mind, ego, intellect. There is no mind, there is no ego, there is not any intellect.

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Half-Knowledge

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj April 4, 2017.

So far you’ve read so many books, you know better, and understand what is Ultimate Truth.
Now, what happens? Everybody knows about spirituality, everybody knows spirituality, after
readings so many books and approaching so many Masters. But some change in here, after knowing
the Reality, there should be something change inside.

It happens, after continuous meditation, after having Conviction you will feel some changes
inside. What changes are there? Suppose you are getting irritations from some small matter,
anything goes against your mind, getting irritated, though you’ve got spiritual knowledge, though
you know the reality, in spite of that if anything happen in society or family, if anything happen
against your mind, after having Conviction, that irritation dissolves. After having Conviction
irritation dissolves. Why? Because at that time you are knowing that I Am Not Body. Suppose
somebody allegate something to you, but you are not taking touch of that. Nisargadatta Maharaj
once said “If anyone say me is a very good saint, I’m not any appreciating for me. If they say you
are a bad saint, worst saint, no depression for me, because I am not good not bad.” That reality will
be absorbed within you. So if anybody appreciate you, or any depreciate you, nothing to do. How
that change is, is because you will remain untouched with the body knowledge. Until today, though
you are knowing that “I am somebody else, I am Brahman, Atman, Parmatmam, God, Master” it’s
literal knowledge.

But there is no practical knowledge because of the impression of the five elements,
impression of ego is there, intellect is there, mind is there. So, central point is body-based so all
those concepts are attracted to body-based knowledge. Whereas after having Conviction, after
having Ultimate Truth, after having, say, Ultimate Stage, all these concepts dissolve.
Because I am not body at all. After beingness I am formless. Suppose after death, after
leaving the body anybody abuse you or anybody praise you, all the same. You will not know if they
are praising or they are appreciating. So likewise, though your Presence is within this body, it
remains unconcerned with the body-knowledge. With the result, if anybody appreciate you, if
anybody praise you, if anybody insult you, no concern.

It’s the first thing. That is called Shama, means forgive and forget. It happens spontaneously.
People ask me “Suppose I am listening from so many Masters, I am reading so many books, how
can I understand if I am realized or not?” the main question, “I know everything. I know better than
Brahman Atman Paramatman God. (inaudible). I listened from various sources but whether that
knowledge absorbed within me or not, how can I understand?” For that the answer is given by
spiritual knowledge.

Six things are there. Most important. After having Conviction, after knowing the Reality,
spontaneous changes you will feel inside. Previously, for some matter, some words, you are getting
irritation. The same person abuse you, there is not any irritation. First thing.

Then second thing, tolerance. So much tolerance is there. Because if anything happens,
against, you are not getting irritations, you’re forgiving and forgetting everything. Tolerance is
there. Say, Exceptional Tolerance is there. Patience is there. So now if there’s unpleasant
atmosphere or unpleasant thing you listen from somebody else, something happen in your family,
something happen again, that patience is there, no enemy, nothing is there. Okay, suppose someone
is in pain, somebody died, momentary some grief or sadness is there. But you say “Okay this is
going to happen to me also. Today this man die, tomorrow this body is going to go, there is no
(inaudible).” So that Conviction appears, you’re not getting irritated, there’s no sadness. You can
convince yourself. Thats the second thing.

Third thing is, if anyone is taking something so, there is anxiety to know the Reality.
Suppose somebody is talking something of reality of Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master,
but something is there. You are having to discern, capacity to discern calmly and quietly. It is called
Titiksha.

And then, Uparati means you discard all concern. No attraction. No sex attraction, no money
attraction, no publicity attraction. Your view of the world totally changes. There is no material
attraction, for happiness, for peacefulness, because peacefulness appears spontaneously within you,
without any material cause. That attribute will be absorbed, absorbed within you. Then with the
result you are getting strong Devotion, “Oh!” Then you’ll not be tempted to go anywhere to have
peacefulness. “The Master says I am Brahman, all these qualities are within me , I am peaceful
without any material cause, why to go here and there for peacefulness.” In that case there won’t be
temptation to go anywhere, to any Master, or anywhere. That happens spontaneously because
whatever is required is already within you, so then there won’t be temptation. And then Devotion.
And then Trust, strong trust within you, “Yes! this is Ultimate Truth!” So these changes will
happen, that is a sign of Realization, or Enlightenment. If something lacking then you have to do
something for meditation all these things. So in that case meditation will be spontaneous. You need
not go to sit and meditate the words, it happens spontaneously, in your deep sleep also.
So, though you are holding the body, though you are using the body, you remain
unconcerned with the body. After having these changes, how to live, how to live your life will be
will completely changed. So even though you remain in the society, you live in the society, you
remain unconcerned with the world, unconcerned with all these activities. That’s suppose to happen.
Only listening, meaningless. Approaching masters, meaningless. You’ll feel some changes. Until
that changes, you have to undergo the, strictly meditation procedure.

(?inaudible) some miracle experience happening, “Oh I got Knowledge I am Realized!
Don’t have to go for meditation.” So, this is a kind of pricking of your mind, to distract you from
Reality. Mind, ego, intellect always making effort to distract you from the Reality. External forces
are there, half-knowledge, trying to impress their old concepts.

So not to come across with such element that will distract you from Reality. After knowing
the Reality. Why to go to others to know Brahman, to know spiritual knowledge? Not necessary.
You are to identify yourself. Not to identify Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master. You have
to identify Invisible Identifier within you. And It’s Formless.

There is no birth and death, there is no shape, It’s just like a space or sky. That conviction is
supposed to appear. Therefore you have to make those changes inside. Even anything happen
against your mind, against you, anything, you are to keep quiet. Not to pay so much attention to
that. That is first stage. Because of that small small matter we are paying so much attention because
our ego is not allowing us to stay completely. (inaudible?) changes is there. So by meditation you
can control your mind, ego, intellect. They will act according to you. Until today we acting
according to ego, mind, and intellect. That will be stopped. That is the effect of meditation.

Therefore, prime lesson of the spirituality is to undergo the strictly meditation. It will take
some time. In some cases within one month, two month, or six years, or ten years. It depends how
your involvement is there, how your strong faith is there. Here strong faith is most important
because there should not be any dull mind, there should not be any say, change of mind there should
not be wavering mind because, “oh so I get something from this master something from this
master.”
Approach your own Master. Master has shown, nothing except your Selfless Self. Changing
Master is meaningless. You Be Loyal With You, because Your inner Master is a very strong Master.
After knowing this reality you should be loyal with your own Master, through which you are
listening, through which you are identifying this world, through which you are watching this world,
through which you are watching your dreams and all. That’s Ultimate Truth. But because of lack of
confidence, lack of courage, we have some dual mind, to go here and there. How long you go here
and there? Why to go changing so many Masters? Nothing you get. So everything start from you
and everything ends within you. That’s the Ultimate Truth, the Final Truth.

One thing is clear, this is not going to remain constant. This has a time-limit. So what you
are doing for this, it is meaningless, because this is uncertain, body is uncertainty. So who is acting
from this? Because of Presence body is having value. I’m talking about that Presence, therefore you
must have strong conviction to accept the Reality. Without which, not possible. So we are trying to
change yourself, not to go along with the mind, ego, intellect. You can use your mind, ego intellect,
as it is required, but not to depend totally upon mind, ego, intellect, because you are separate from
it, because prior to beingness there is no mind, no ego, no intellect, no master, no spiritual
knowledge.

Why spiritual knowledge is required? What is spiritual knowledge? It’s just information, the
identification, of the searcher, of the listener, of the reader. Beyond that nothing is there. Where is
spiritual knowledge prior to beingness? Nothing was there. After leaving body, what spiritual
knowledge is there? Will that so-called spiritual knowledge help you at the time of leaving the
body? No! It’s Fact. Spiritual knowledge means just to identify yourself, its the words. All these
confusions are there, wavering mind is there. So to discard all concepts, to discard all concerns, to
discard all desires, you have to undergo the strictly meditation. After meditation it will be cleaning
process.

I call it AntiVirus Software. Meditation is the antivirus software. All the viruses will be
dissolved. Entire thing will be completely changed, clean, totally washed out. All the desires and
concepts will be washed out. And then that Spontaneous Happiness will be there. Peacefulness is
there. It is not through material points. It’s the most important thing. So according to the spiritual
lesson, just start that meditation first. With meditation you can identify yourself in a real sense.
So start from today!

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

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The Principal of Spirituality

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Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj December 16, 2017.

So in short and sweet, the Principle Of Spirituality, try to Identify YourSelf Real Sense.
You are identifying everybody in the world except your Selfless Self, it’s most important.
Because body is not your identity, body was not your identity, body not going to remain
your identity. What you are accepting, what you are doing through the media of body it is
illusion. So try to know yourSelf, try to identify yourSelf, so that’s the basic. And for which
you are to undergo strictly meditation in the beginning. After having Conviction no need of
meditation also. Meditation required in initial stage, just like learning some language.
(inaudible) reading alphabet and all, mhhh? After hearing master repeating alphabet, now
he need not to go to (inaudible) the alphabet. So likewise meditation is the media through
which you can identify yourSelf. After having Conviction, after having Realization no need
of meditation also. All these requirements, meditation is required, Master is required,
Spiritual Knowledge is required. Why? To know your Selfless Self. We are knowing ourself
in body-form, that is illusion. Basically you are Formless. What you see it is illusion. So you
concentrate Concentrator, Invisible Seer within you. When there is no seer how can you
see the world? To say “this world” to say “God” to say “Brahman” your Presence is
required. That means Entire World Projected Out Of Your Invisible Presence, that you are
unknown to yourself. Try to know yourSelf and for which in the beginning you have to
strictly undergo meditation. So if I go on talking hours together, it is meaningless.

Q: Can I have a question?

Maharaj: Yes, yes.

Q: Ok. When I read the book Nisargadatta Maharaj, Ramana Maharishi,
sometimes they say, sometimes somebody ask the question, “I want to just go somewhere
in the nature and be alone and quit everything and just meditate.” And they say, “Ok, it’s
good.” And sometimes somebody ask the same question and they say “You can work, you
can keep your family and ….

Maharaj: Yes!

Questioner: … you can just meditate – half an hour everyday. So my understanding is : for
everybody it’s different, everybody has different situation, different path, and I’m
interested what is my, what is good for me. I am now in the situation I can look myself for
unlimited time and just sit and do this finding the Invisible Listener. I can do it, I have the
money, I have the time, I have no responsibilities.

Maharaj: No question of, no question of money (inaudible)

Q: And I want to do it but, …

Maharaj: You must have a strong desire, strong willpower, “Yes I am To Do it!

Q: Yes

Maharaj: Money is not necessary, but “I have to do is, I have to know mySelf in a Real
Sense”. Strong willpower is a must, number one. Second thing, you must have read so
many books, Ramana Maharishi, Nisargadatta Maharaj. Not to analyze their words. It is
(inaudible) nature of the mind, why Nisargadatta says like this, why Ramana Maharishi
say like this? We are analyzing their words, statement. What they want to convey that is
most important. All Masters are right, they want to say for Perfection. But what we are
doing, Nisargadatta Maharaj say like this, what is the meaning of these words? Or the
statements contradictory to the statement of Ramana Maharishi or somebody. But that
analyzation not be there. All the Masters wanted to convey One Principle, That Except
Your Selfless Self there is no God, no Brahman. That conclusion you have to accept. It’s a
practice of the mind to analyze their words, statement, why Ramana Maharshi, there is no
comparative study. We are not here to debate on somebody’s statement. What they wanted
to convey out of that all statements, that is most important. And the Principle of
Spirituality, Except Your Selfless Self There is no God, No Brahman, No Atman, No
Paramatman, No Master. You are the Principle of this world. If your Presence is not there,
who will talk about the world? So what you see it is illusion, Through Which You See is the
Ultimate Truth. That Conviction supposed to be appear spontaneously within you, until
that time you are to undergo the meditation.

Q: So would your recommendation to me, when you see me, would you say it’s
appropriate or suitable or best for me to do that? That I just drop everything and just focus
on…

Maharaj: You do your duties, do all your responsibilities.

Q: I don’t have any.

Maharaj: What I say, only meditation no I recommended? You do your normal job, your
duties. If you are a family member take care of your family members. While doing all these
things you can Concentrate Concentrator. “Oh I am spiritual man, how can I see my wife,
my father, parent?” Our spirituality is practical. Do your duties, whatever duties is there.
Even if you are alone (inaudible) something will be there. Whatever duties, body-based duties
you are to do it. Suppose you take go to eat something. You are hungry you are
getting hungry or doing something body-based. You can’t avoid it, “oh I am spiritual man I
cannot do”. That is theoretical. Be practical. What I want exactly? I want to Identify
MySelf. It’s fact, even if you are thinking intellectually, body is not your identity at all.
Some or other day, willingly or unwillingly, you are to leave this body. What is the use of
this knowledge? Suppose you read thousands of books, you’ll be a master of words,
spiritual words, not Master Of Your Selfless Self. You are to be Master of your Selfless Self.
“You know God? Yes, I know. I am not man or woman, I am totally formless. Since I am
formless there is no death and birth, no future, no past, no destiny.” It’s Fact. Your
Presence Is Just Like A Space Or Sky. Does sky know anything? Sky does not know
anything. Likewise Your Invisible Presence Is Just Like Sky or Space. That conviction
supposed to be appear spontaneously, then only, Yes So That I…… Everybody want
happiness, fearless life, peaceful life. How it will be? Unless you identify yourSelf you not
have some that peacefulness. So money is not matter. You need not to go to spend a single
penny for spirituality, but this is an opportunity for you. Human body is an opportunity for
you to Identify YourSelf. So there should not be any birth, there are so many concepts, last
birth, future birth, no What Birth? Who knows what (inaudible)? Last past birth or destiny,
future destiny, all these concepts, illusory concepts developed (inaudible). What you see is
heaven and hell, all these concepts. You are to come out from all these concepts. All
concepts supposed to be dissolved. That is the Principle Of Spirituality. (Questioner:Yes)
So be firm. Visit YourSelf. Not today here, tomorrow here, tomorrow here, why? why? You
may visit, but not with expectation “Oh I go some place I will get happiness, if I go this
place, Himalaya is happiness.” You not get happiness. Because so far you are measuring
yourself in body-form. You may go anywhere in the world, you may change thousands of
masters, not helpful to you. Happiness is already within you, which you are ignoring.
Peacefulness already within you, you are ignoring it. Because directly or indirectly you are
having so much attraction of the body, so much faith and trust with the body. So that
concept supposed to be dissolved. Not to kill body. Try to identify. There will be no ego, no
intellects, no mind. Mind, ego, intellects appear upon your Presence. They are veils, they
are veils. We have become victim of our mind, ego, intellects. You can use them, but not to
become victim of these mind, ego, intellects. They are not bad, but they should you not
take excessively. Whatever excess is poison. So Be With You All The Time.

Q: The thing…..can I ask?

Maharaj: Yes, you can ask any question.

Q: The thing which most distract me from looking for the one who is looking, is
women. All the other things like, work, or some, I don’ know, fame, or power, I think I
don’t. But women is difficult for me to pull the attention, when there is beautiful girl the
attention goes there it’s difficult to do the attention inside.

Maharaj: These are the bodies. Presence is neither woman nor male or female. These are
human bodies. What happiness is there? If there is no Presence does this body have any
appearance? If (inaudible) suppose beautiful girl is there, lady is there. If there is no
Presence, dead body. What happiness is there? Because so far we are measuring ourself in
body form therefore we have got attraction of the woman or man, male or female. That,
dissolve. What is woman these are only dead bodies, male and female is the body. But
different parts are there, some parts are different. Who is holding the body? The Holder of
the body is not male or female. So far you are considering ‘I am man’, therefore there is
attraction. You are neither man nor woman, You Are Brahman. That conviction supposed
to be appear then there won’t be any attraction. Attraction is there because all the time we
accepted body as my identity. That body-identity, unless dissolved, you are not able to
know yourself, you will not get happiness. There are source of happiness, what is
happiness? Sex is happiness. Money is happiness, publicity is happiness. These are
temporary things. That supposed to be known. What is there? What happiness is there in
sex? It’s momentary. What money give happiness? At time of leaving the body, all these
sources will be (inaudible) to you? Not at all. Know Your Greatness. Why (inaudible) here
and there? What happiness is there, it’s temporary. You know Castro? Prime Minister
Castro of Cuba. He used to (inaudible number) ladies. You know? (inaudible) very sexual
attraction. (inaudible number of ladies) what happiness he got? After he died. (inaudible).
We’re not thinking. There is instant attraction. Money, okay there is some people with a lot
of money. Are they getting happiness? No. Publicity – there are so many popular people,
are they getting happiness? No. These are not the causes of happiness. Who want
happiness? Body want happiness? If there is no Presence, the dead body can enjoy? Will
the dead body enjoy the lady, or money, or publicity? Think it, you are not thinking. All
replies There. All questions are there and the reply is Within You Only. So think what I
have told just now, read the books, read Selfless Self of course if you want, I’ve got one
copy. (inaudible) If at all you want to read you can read it. After reading all these books you
get some idea, some conclusion, the Principle of Spirituality. Okay today is enough, mmh?
so memorize your memory what I have told you listen. Remember. You’ll get reply from
You!

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

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Ramakant Maharaj – Nashik Ashram – April 14, 2016

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Today’s news. Everybody’s got strong body confidence. Everybody’s having spiritual knowledge. Directly or indirectly we are having strong belief in body, and therefore spiritual knowledge is not absorbing. We say oh, ‘I can understand intellectually’, but that knowledge that is accepted intellectually is not absorbing. Because their is strong faith, strong belief, in the body, and therefore it is not entering inside.

So for which again I am repeating meditation, through meditation the body knowledge will be melted, dissolved. I am insisting meditation all the time, everybody repeating meditation, meditation, because such a strong body knowledge is there, so even if you wanted to escape or dissolve this, it is not dissolved because of strong feeling of body. So that strong faith, that power of body-knowledge is supposed to be dissolved slowly, silently and permanantly. Then you will be free from all concepts.

So many persons are coming here; ‘ok, ok, this is good knowledge, good knowledge I appreciate this knowledge’, but I am telling you, this is not only dry knowledge, try to absorb within you, it is your knowledge. If your listening and reading on the base of body-knowledge, it will not absorb. One thing is certain, some or other day, willingly or unwillingly you have to leave the body, it’s a fact. You can’t escape from this incident. I am not asking you to neglect your body. You must believe, prepare yourself, ‘Yes body is not my identity at all’ We are knowing everything but we are not preparing, at time of leaving the body getting some suffocation or something, a pitiable condition, that should not happen. At that time there should be strong courage, ‘Yes, I am not leaving body, I am not body at all, let the body go’.

Nisargadatta Maharaj used to say “When the body is going just think of passing stool.” You know passing, when your passing stool your not thinking, you just let it go. Suppose your passing stool, at that time you are having any grievances? Your refreshed. So he said like that just like your passing stool. Body is gone away forget it, ‘I am not dead’. So what he wants to say, at the time there should not be any grief or sadness inside. If any ambitions remain, subtle ambitions then another dream may be there. This is an opportunity, always requesting everybody, only listening is not sufficient, changing Master’s is not sufficient. Why are you wanting to change your Master, here and there? People say ‘Oh, I have to go to that Master, this Master, that one’. You are wasting your time, wasting your energy.

Because your not faithful with you. Be faithful with you. Be faithful with you and be faithful with your Master. That is the purpose behind spirituality, so you will always remain concerned with the spiritual knowledge, always remain in touch with the spiritual knowledge. You remember all these things, suppose you go anywhere, you may be there, suppose some doubts come, or some confusion or depression is there, unpleasant atmosphere, you remember when you were at Nashik Ashram, you remember all these things, and that concept will be dissolved.
But people are so much attached with the concepts, I’ve told about torturing, one person says ‘No I caused some bad something’, he’s not leaving his imaginations, not leaving concepts. ‘You say don’t worry, but how can I not worry?’ So you have to believe in your Master, Master says ‘Nothing is my property’ but he says ‘No something happened, I have done something wrong in my previous life, that life, that life’. After coming to me, after coming to any Master, if your not leaving your concepts, what is the use of that spirituality? Master says you have not commited anything wrong, you have not committed any sin, but if you say ‘No, No, I did sin.’, what to do? How can Master help you? My Master says I have not done any sin, I’m not doer, there is no deed, if your not accepting that, your own mind, own concepts will be torturing you, nobody is torturing you, nobody is torturing you, your own concepts are torturing you all the time.

You have done something wrong you are a sinner or something, try to mold into the light of this spiritual knowledge, therefore strong belief in yourself and your Master is required, it’s a closed situation, Master says nothing has happened, you are Ultimate Truth, but your not accepting it. Habbit of the beggars, you have a lot of money even though you are begging on the street, like that. That should not be there. So therefore all these great Master’s, they strongly believe in their own Masters. ‘My Master is final’, if God appears before you, ‘No, my Master is Final’ That reality is supposed to be absorbed. That is the principal of spirituality.

Visiting so many places, visiting so many sacred places, something places, what to do? Where are the sacred places prior to beingness? Talking about gods and godesses, and all the certain stories, and according to their stories your trying to go here and there. Waste of time. This is last destiny, last destination, beyond that nothing is there.

Why is knowledge required? So far body, therefore knowledge is required. Why body is required, why Master is required? If body is not there, why Master is required? Master is trying to identify yourself. You forgot your reality. Why Master is required, because you forgot your reality, forgot your identity. You are posing all the time as a man or women, a being. So beingness is supposed to be dissolved. How are you prior to beingness, after leaving the body? That is your identity. In spite of that, people are not following. Listening, reading, black magic, white magic, this magic, nothing is there. If somebody falls sick ‘Oh, some black magic is there, black power may be there’ where is the black power and white power? There’s no black power, white power. So far as you are measuring yourself in body form, therefore your considering the the black power or white power. No white power, black power nothing is there. But that belief so much sticked with him, he was not leaving that, and for which meditation is required. Meditation is slowly, silently, melting all concepts. You will remain always in touch. Bhausaheb Maharaj was very, had very strong foresight. All the prayers, morning prayers, early morning prayers, morning prayers, evening prayers, because the intention you always keep in touch with you 24 hours.

After leaving the premises, some thoughts may come. So you are to recite the Mantra all the time. Do your duties, do your job, while your doing your duties, job, recite Mantra, so it is always hammering you. What to do? What Master can help you? You have to act it. Master has placed before you delicious dishes, you have to eat it, not define it. So be with you. Only listening is not sufficient, have some courage, have some confidence, develop your confidence, develop you will power, spiritual will power. Like I said there won’t be temptation to go anywhere. God, Master, is not seperate from you. So far as your measuring yourself in body form your unable to identify yourself in a real sense. So be strong, OK.

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See Yourself with Internal Eyes

This is direct knowledge. Nothing in between. It is not connected with any religion. Religions are created by human beings, when so called “god”. So called “god” birth. Just for establish society. Where there is no meaning. If you have gone through this, get rid off all these religions. You bow down to your Selfless Self. That is Ultimate Truth. When you know yourself in a real sense. You will find nothing is there except yourself. All knowledge is within yourself. You’re not knowing yourself and are believing in some external “god”. You have to change this. Know your Selfless Self. Not this body. This is a dead body. Without your existence, body has no meaning. Not to become a victim of so many concepts. Illusory thoughts. What is after death, after birth. No longer complicate things. Prior to beingness how were you? The same after the beingness disappears how are you? You don’t know. This is also don’t know. Because of this, you have to grow, a child, then grown up, old man. After willingly or unwillingly, you have to leave this. You can’t take this. So, effect, thought this should not go (body). Fear of death. Because we are not knowing ourselves. Measuring ourselves as a man or a woman. You’re neither man nor woman.

Invisible anonymous spirit is your identity. Why to run here and there? Everything is within you only. Why expect you to go here and there, and there? No illusion, strict. Entire miracles, magic happen within you. You are source of all miracles, magic. These are not intellectual thoughts. I am talking about the listener, inside listener. Not this body. See yourself with your internal eyes. See yourself with internal eyes. This is blood, flesh and bones. Some day or other it will go away. You’re not going anywhere. House collapses, sky is there. This house collapses, spirit is there. Why to have sorrow? Why the fear of death? I am unborn. The question of death never arises. This is Ultimate Truth. After having the conviction of Ultimate Truth, why should we bother about what is going on, something. Peace and happiness is spontaneous. Without any material object or cause. You are the base of the whole world. You are underestimating yourself, limiting.

Every way in search of “god”. You want peace. Happiness. Tension free life. Fearless life. Is it possible? Yes. Only you have to glance within yourself. You are looking for something else in the world. This is a direct contact. Nothing in between. But you must have strong will. Yes, I want to know myself. We are knowing everything. Except ourselves. We have a lot of study of “god”, goddesses, masters, spirituality, Atman, Paramatman, forget everything. So, there is some unwanted exercise after death, what will happen, why? When you come in the body, I decided earlier that I will take the birth as Indian, and do something rituals? Not any illusions. Because always we are thinking from body point. You’ve got, spiritual knowledge, but it is intellectual with the body knowledge. The moment your body knowledge dissolves there you are. Have to be brave. Strong. Nothing is impossible. All these great saints have the same spirit which is in you also. They know the reality, you are not knowing the reality, same spirit. It is very simple knowledge. Not round and round and round. You have to break the circle, of illusory concepts.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Ramakant Maharaj, Nasik, December 2012
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Are you convinced or not?

Are you convinced or not? So far you are considering yourself in body form, therefore you are having such thoughts. The moment body knowledge dissolves these words will not appear from you.

No levels are there. Who is measuring levels? No levels are there. All this talk. All of this talk is out of your presence only. He’s enlightened, he’s not enlightened, his level is lower, his level is higher. Who is the discriminating one? When you say he is enlightened, you are also enlightened. When he say, “He is a good boy”, goodness is in you, therefore you say “Good boy”. When you say, “This boy is intelligent”, intelligence is within you only. Indirectly you are examining, the examiner is within you. Examiner has better post, better stage.

Everybody’s statement is a different statement. As a matter of fact, there is no guru, there is no disciple. Ultimate state there is no guru, there is no disciple. There is no man, there is no woman. You know Shankara? He says, “To say I is illusion, to say you is illusion, to say Brahman is illusion, entire world is illusion.” So, in this illusionary world, who is the master? Who is disciple and who is enlightened?

Who are you then? When you say “He is enlightened, he is a master. He is in higher stage; he is in lower stage.” Who is discriminating all? Without your presence, you cannot utter a single word. The entire world is your spontaneous projection. Prior to beingness did you know any enlightened person? After dissolving the body, you say “That is enlightened, these are enlightened”? All this literally is with body form only. Directly or indirectly, we have accepted “I am body”. The moment that body knowledge dissolves, that is a sign of knowledge. Then ask, your question to me is “What do you mean by knowledge?”. What do you mean by knowledge? To know oneself in a real sense, it is knowledge. We are knowing ourselves in body form. I am Russian, man, He is Indian man, He is master, I am disciple, I am devotee, He is enlightened, there is not any discrimination there. This is a mental and intellectual game. There is no mind, no intellect, no ego. Along with body all this came enter this world. When there was no body, did you know about mind, ego, intellect?

Whose projection, who is imagining? Who is giving energy to say “I”? Correct. Your answer is correct. I don’t know. You know the story of I don’t know? You know the story of I don’t know? Funny story I don’t know. You know it, no, he will tell you.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Ramakant Maharaj, Nasik, June 2013
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Established Perfection

Trust the things I have already told you. It will be automatically added within you.

I am not addressing whatever I am telling you to, Aleah. The spirit, which is holding the name Aleah, I am talking with that. Not this body. I am not talking to this body. This is a dead body. The holder of the body is not dead. It is alive. I am talking with that alive one. Alive spirit. Invisible.

I am interacting with that invisible. Not this body. So, when listening you have to react accordingly. There is oneness, there is no difference. This is a direct approach.

So, if you read ‘I Am That’, you read any other books, it will be established perfection.

Perfection to be established in three ways. Three different ways. Number one, reading books. Number two listening from your Master. Number three, self-experience. If these three things tally it amounts to conviction.

What I read in books. It is tallied with what my Master says. It is a kind of auditing. You know auditing, balance sheet. Accounting. Assets, liabilities, and so on. Debit, credit. They are supposed to tally.

So, reading the books; reading, listening to the spiritual lectures of the Master and self-experience. These three sides tally, it amounts to perfection. Nothing remains.

Nothing remains.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Ramakant Maharaj, Nasik, December 2012
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Atma-Nivedanam Bhakti

It is the nature of mind, intellect to raise that question. But at the same time, there is a reply, within you only.

This is called Atma-Nivedanam Bhakti.

Self-Realization devotion. Self-Realization devotion.

Devotion. It means, just like a child is asking some questions, and you reply. Similarly inside, a number of questions arise and at the same time the invisible Spirit is replying to that question.

I had given you the example of that Ekalavya character. You know Ekalavya character?

His Master is in the form of an idol, and he is there.

Asking that Master ‘Oh Master I am aiming at this target, is this correct?’ Then the inner part of this body, this Spirit ‘Yes, my child, it is correct.’

So as a matter of fact, Master was not present physically. But his internal Master inspired, vibrated, all the instructions. At that time, he is a devotee, and he is Master himself.

The great warrior Arjuna was not having this archery technique. That technique that Ekalavya had, that small boy.

It is a miraculous experience.

So, your Master, external Master, acting within you, as a great Master and giving instructions, so that is called dialogue with each other.

So, inside questions arise, immediately your Master inside is replying to that question.

It’s so fast that nobody can count that reply, it is instantly.

When there is a question there is a reply to that.

That is called Atma-Nivedanam Bhakti, last devotion, last bhakti.

Then you will be totally mature, strong.

There won’t be any temptation to ask questions of anybody else.

Not even that, if anybody asks you a question, because of your strong devotion to your internal Master, you are replying immediately.

So, I am addressing that to your inner Master, not to this body.

When there is total conviction, if anybody asks any tricky question, you can easily reply to him.

This strong, strong strain, diverted by your external Master, with your internal Master.

This statement of struggle internally, is for discussion and for conviction only.

So even if words are given, anybody approaches you with any questions, if you remember the atmosphere your internal Master instantly replies to that.

I have seen Nisargadatta Maharaj, a number of foreigners used to bombard questions.

And they were highly qualified as Masters of spirituality. They have degrees, Master of spirituality, philosophy, stuff like that.

But, Nisargadatta Maharaj had not read so many books, his education was hardly second or third tender.

But because he was having tremendous love, affection, devotion, and the power of Siddharameshwar Maharaj.

Out of that devotion, that strong devotion, that power, transforming, he used to reply immediately.

So, I am trying to vibrate your internal energy.

Because internally you have got a lot of energy.

Don’t underestimate you.

You see your greatness. This is not, I am not, I see, I can see your greatness.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj
Ramakant Maharaj’s house, Nasik, January 2012
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Don’t Become a Victim of Blind Faith

In Honor, devotion and celebration for Sri Ramakant Maharaj Jayanti July 8, 2021. Jai Sadguru!
Sri Ramakant Maharaj from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik December 21, 2013.

Know yourself in a real sense. The moment you know yourself in a real sense, you will find nothing is there.
So, don’t become a victim of blind faith. Let’s say “This is last karma, future karma, this prarabdha, rebirth, death, birth, past sin, future sin.” These are all illusionary concepts. The result it appears very easy. But, bringing into practice it is a little bit difficult.

Unless your body-based knowledge dissolves totally, you are not able to see yourself in a real sense. Then you ask, ‘What do you mean by “real sense”?’ We are knowing our self in body form, through mentally, or intellectually.
All of our activities are through the body form only. But we are not trying to know our self, who is acting within the body? That is unidentified identity. It is anonymous identity. It is invisible identity. It is beyond imagination. Intellect and that mind, ego, are not coming in that picture. It is just a spontaneous existence. Total involvement is required. Nothing is impossible. Yes, I want to know, ‘Who am I?’. I am measuring myself in the body form, this is not my identity. Some day or another, willing, or unwillingly, you have to leave this body. What is next? For that you have to make Self inquiry. So, therefore in the initial stage you have to undergo meditation. Systematic meditation. Then it is possible, that entire field will be cleared. In computer language, after dissolving all of these unwanted files, you’re getting clear result. Instead of you trying to find out somewhere else. Always you are supposed to be alert, for any virus that may try to enter. The virus is illusionary thoughts. You should not become a victim of somebody else’s thoughts. This is the weak point. This is the weak point when someone is talking about something, and you think maybe this is correct. You must be firm. The conviction I am that. I am not a woman; I am not a man. No body, no intellect, no ego.

Who is experiencing your inner feeling? Some thoughts are flowing inside. Struggle of thoughts. Sometimes you are remembering your past life from childhood. The circumstance has gone away. But when you remember any thoughts, you get confused. Some kind of sadness, some kind of depression. Things have already happened. But when you remember this, you get depressed or something, uncomfortable. Here you need spiritual knowledge. What you are feeling, past is gone. Why should I think about the past dream? It is something, good or bad dreams. I am living present time. Present and future is within me only. I can make my own decision. If somebody says, ‘No you do this thing’, no, no, no. If your inner Master disagrees, don’t accept anything. Because your inner Master is most important. Having a lot of, tremendous power. But all the ways you are considering in body form. So, you are not giving so much importance to your inner Master. You have strong strain, spontaneous strain within you, always ‘Oh, what do I do?’. Nisargadatta Maharaj says ‘I am making you a master, not a disciple’. Such a great personality. I am considering myself very fortunate because I came across him at the age of 22. What he taught me from that age until today, I am sharing that knowledge with you. Who is accepting all of this reality? Very, very, few people. They are coming ‘Ok, ok, ok, very good, very good.’ then leave. Casual devotion will not give you happiness. I am not doing any miracles. I am not claiming myself a great person. I am showing greatness already within you. Which you are unaware.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

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There is No Witness At All

Sri Ramakant Maharaj from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik March 5, 2018.

Q: The process that I see is as follows: Personality – I am not the Body (nor emotions, desires, thoughts since everything belongs to the body) – Sensation “I Am” – “I Am” is attested. By whom? – Without “I Am” there can be no witnessing. – finally, the Witness, the witnessed and the witness are Unity.

M: There is no witness at all. Prior to beingness, any witness was there? Prior to beingness, no ‘I am’ was there. After leaving this body, any I am is there? Nothing is there. So far you are holding the body, considering “I am somebody else”, till that time, all these questions are arising. Prior to beingness, no “I am”, no “you are”, “he, she, it” nothing is there. No Master, no god, no disciple. No experience, no experiencer. No witness, no witnesser. Nothing was there. After leaving the body, what remains? Nothing is there. Throughout this, still what are we doing “my mind, my ego, my intellect”. Not to do this thing because you are not doer at all. Your identity is unidentified, invisible identity. Where there is no experience, all experience disappears there you are. Everything came out of nothing. Everything dissolves within nothing. What is there in the body? Just glimpses of ‘I’. So far you are holding the body, you are experiencing ‘I’. Who is that invisible experiencer, which is called Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master? That you are.

But still we are not having Conviction. That spontaneous Conviction is required. Till that time, you have to undergo meditation. Otherwise mind is very crazy, playing tricks, raising so many questions and trying to distract you from the Reality. Be alert. What Master says you follow strictly. We are not expecting any single penny from you. No garland is required. Even not bow down to me. But what I told, just accept it, I am placing before you your Truth. Not truth of any Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master. This is listener’s Truth. You accept the listener’s Truth. And listener is Ultimate Truth, Final Truth. There is nothing else beyond that. So… Be Firm… Because body is a dead body. If no Presence is there, what is the value of the body? So whatever knowledge you are acquiring, accumulating through body knowledge, it will be illusion. Why follow illusion? You know what illusion is, what is Reality. So, accept the Reality. And what is Reality? except your Selfless Self, there is no God, that is the Reality. God is the name given to the Ultimate Truth, supreme power, supernatural power within you. So, all time you are counting yourself in body form and asking so many questions. Where are all these questions prior to beingness? After leaving the body, any questions are there? So far, we are considering “I am somebody else”, so many questions are there. No question is there. Does sky have any questions? “Oh, how I am sky, I am called this sky that sky”. So, in the beginning you have to undergo some meditation. After, that too is not necessary. Ok. So be spiritually strong, for which in the beginning, sadhana is required, meditation is required. Through meditation you are hammering yourself “I am Brahman, Brahman I am”. So that hammering, result is Ultimate Truth. And afterwards, you will forget body identity. Nothing remains.

Why do so many exercises? Reading this book, that book, that book. You are reading books, reading books. But you are not reading, the reader’s biography. The invisible reader is the Ultimate Truth. So, it depends upon reading. Because while reading, you are posing yourself “I am somebody else”. That somebody else is supposed to be dissolved. You are everybody, you are everywhere. Your invisible identity is just like space or sky. Sky is everywhere. Is American sky different and Indian sky different? Why give a name like American sky, or England or London sky… something, something, something. So, sky is everywhere…Like that. Presence within the body is everywhere. It’s not having any colors, no specific identity. No experience, no experiencer, like that. And therefore, you have to follow strictly Master.

Don’t confuse, don’t create any doubts. As I told, your mind rebels against you. Mind is a subtle part of your body, function of body, a flow of thoughts. It’s the nature of the mind, flow of thoughts is there. When the body disappears, mind disappears. No mind, no ego, no intellect is there. Where everything ends, there you are. Where everything ends, there you are. Your identity is unknown identity, invisible identity, anonymous identity. You can’t define in any words. Language is there, words are there. Trying to indicate, giving signal. Ok.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj

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