What Do You Mean By Glimpses of ‘I’?

What Do You Mean By Glimpses of ‘I’? Download Link

Sri Ramakant Maharaj a recorded discussion from Ranjit Ashram in Nashik of Satsang with Sri Ramakant Maharaj July 29, 2017.

Devotee: Maharaj sometimes you use the expression “Glimpses Of I”.

Maharaj: Yes

Devotee : What do you mean by that?

Maharaj: Just, just ‘I’, Just ‘I’, Just Feeling, Just Feeling ‘I’. Glimpses means Just Feeling, That Just Feeling, there is no specific identity, no form. I am giving an example: early morning you are getting up, that particular moment, even though you are holding the body, at that time, just ‘I’, just feeling of, it is called Glimpses of I. Glimpses Of means just feeling, there is no any identity, no man, woman, no… just ‘I’. Because you can’t have any specific words. Therefore the ‘Glimpses Of I’ means, just the appropriate word, there is not any form. There is not any gender, It’s an Exceptional Peaceful Feeling.

When you are – suppose, in deep sleep. When you are awakening early morning. The first moment, the first moment, you feel that Just I. There is no any feeling of the world, nothing is there. Because you are in deep sleep, That Exceptional State was there. If you are to compare it, it is just like a Samadhi. Samadhi there is no any awareness, nothing is there, Just I. It Is Glimpses of I. Just for understanding. Because at that particular stage there is no any gender, no form, nothing is there. And you see what is the body. Just we are feeling ‘I’. This body just feeling ‘I’, in the morning, and then you will say that ‘I am somebody else’, man or woman or all these feelings start, again and again, all memories started. But prior to that, just in the early morning when you are waking up, at that time you feel just ‘I’. But that is also, because Ultimate Stage There Is No Experience, No Experiencer. Because we are holding body, therefore we are feeling I, you, he, she, it, what- so-have-you. So many things you are knowing. But as a matter of fact, your Presence or Unidentified Identity is Unknown. Knowledge came afterwards. If there is no body how can you identify knowledge? No Knowledge Is There, No Brahman, No Atman, No Paramatman, No Master, Nothing Is There.

Even if you imagine through intellectually, prior to beingness, what experience you are having? Nothing. Do you know anything? Whether you’re a man or woman, or whether-what type of forms are there? Prior to beingness, Totally Formless. In the moment that Presence touched with the body, you started out saying ‘I’. And that ‘I’ taking form that, either a man or woman or any animal, any being. But that Beingness, it’s colored with some form. It is not permanent. So far, our body is there, you feel Beingness. The moment that body disappears, or in other words, death, so no experience is there. Nobody is having experience of the death or birth. We say, ‘you die, you have taken birth.’ But that particular person is not knowing whether ‘I have died or whether have taken birth’. Nobody knows about earlier birth or the future birth, it is just imagination. Nobody knows whether you see the God that is the God. All identification of God appears along with this body only. Prior to body, body knowledge Nothing Was known. Your Master Is Not Known, ‘I Am’ Also Is Not Known. Nothing Was Known. That means that Everything Came Out of Nothing, Everything Dissolve Within Nothing. That Nothing Is Supposed to Be Identified. Through various words I Am Trying to Invite Attention of The Invisible Listener Within You That Except Your Selfless Self Nothing Is There. Those Bodies Are Different, The Spirit, The Listener, Invisible Listener, Is One and The Same. For which there is not any form, it’s totally formless. But all the time we are measuring our self in body-form, and we take the knowledge, or accept the knowledge through body-form only. The Body-Form Is Not Your Identity at All. That Conviction is supposed to be appear spontaneously, for which you are to ask for meditation.

Meditation is the only source to identify. It is creating some atmosphere. Meditation, Bhajan, Master…these are, all these concepts. But it is required to identify ourself. Source are there, these are sources to identify. And after identifying yourself, that mean conviction will appear ‘I am not body at all, I was not body at all. There is no birth and death for me.’, these are also concept. So, ‘I am not doer, there is no deed.’ There is no past no future. No destiny. Nothing is there.

So, all concepts will be dissolved totally, collapse, suddenly, all will disappear, discarded. So, no concept is there. Even ‘I Am Brahman’ also concept. ‘I Am God’ also concept. Because, it’s a good concept. (laughter) It’s giving encouragement. Tomorrow you feel ‘I Am a Master’. It’s a good concept. But you are neither Master nor God nor…something else. You Are Beyond That. Sky does not know ‘I am sky, I am Indian sky, Chinese sky, or American sky. Sky does not know, if you are saying ‘that is America, and this is America sky, Indian sky. Is there any difference in the American sky, Indian sky? Not at all. We are experiencing this body, that body, that body. So, that means, the Presence within all the bodies, in all beings is one and the same.
Therefore, in Bhagavad Gita, it says “My Presence Is Everywhere, It Is Formless.” Just like say, electricity everywhere. The fan is there, this is there. All these instruments working through electricity. But yet, it is not visible. It’s a Power it’s an Energy, Invisible Energy. Similarly, the Speaker from this body and the Listener from that body, One and The Same. There is, energy is there. Without energy, I can’t utter any words, you can’t be listening to anything. So, that Energy is working, that Energy is given name Brahman, Atman, Paramatman, God, Master, That You Are. It is very simple.

That Conviction supposed to appear spontaneously, and for which you are always struggling. Because there are so many concepts impressed upon us. “You are going to die, next birth will be there, past birth you’ve done something wrong, and then hell are there heavens are there, a lot of concepts are there. You are to discard all the concepts, for which the discipline of meditation is there.

It is very easy, it is very difficult. Because you must have Strong Faith Within You, Strong Faith in Your Master. If My Master says, ‘I am Brahman’, I am Brahman. Then in that case, not to come across with so many Masters. It is a mind habit to go to this place, that place, that place. Unnecessarily you are wasting your time, and it is distracting from the Reality. Because Reality is Not Separate from You. In spite of that, there is temptation, ‘oh I will go to that master, I will go and see that master, this master. Nobody seeing any master, nobody visiting any master, you are Master, Master is not separate from you. But mind is tempting, creating confusion within you. Stop this confusion. Because your mind is wavering. It is pricking from backside, trying to divert you from the Reality. So be alert, be cautious. And then try to Identify Yourself. Because Except Your Selfless Self Nothing Is There.

Ok any question for you? (no questions)

Take it seriously, you do your job, do your duties. But take it seriously because, body, human body, is an opportunity for you. If you neglect it, if you take lightly, so you can’t say what body, any form will be there… So now after accepting the Reality no form will be appear for you. So How You Are Prior To Beingness That You Remain. But if you rely on concept ‘oh my last birth future birth, this birth, that birth, so all concepts again create another concept, another concept another concept, concept, multiple concepts will appear. Not to feel guilty conscience, ‘oh I am doing something wrong.’ You Are Not Doing Anything, in dream you are killing so many person, and after, ‘oh it’s a bad dream’? mm? You are not taking ego ‘I done something wrong’. If you do something, good thing in the dream, so actually, you are not taking ego ‘I have done some good thing or bad thing’ These are dreams. Similarly, this is a dream. So not to take ego.

That means there should not be all freedom “oh it’s a dream so I can do anything.’ No. Some limitation is required. It is good just for understanding. Because anything excessive will be poison, so your actions will be limited actions. Control yourself. Control is most important. After knowing the Reality, you are to control yourself. Otherwise you’ll say, ‘oh Master has given me all freedom, so I can be acting like anything’. It should not be there. It creates problem for you. So, that means human body is very, a very, very important body through which you can Identify Yourself in a Real Sense. Otherwise you have to again see another dream, another dream, another dream. How long you are going to stay see that dream that dream? It is called rebirth, rebirth. This should be last dream there should not be any other more dreams. That you have to convince yourself. Nothing to do, there is no any restriction no bondage, no orders, nothing is there, no condition, no.

The moment you Identify Yourself, or you have Conviction, Be Calm and Quiet. Be humble, Be Normal. Be Simple. If anybody appreciate you, there is no any something encouragement or if people don’t appreciate you, no depression is there. So, like that, because you are unconcerned with the world. You have to say, ‘oh this is very good sky’? Sky doesn’t know. Or you say, ‘this is a bad sky’? No effect on the sky. Similarly, you are subtler than sky, thinner than sky. If anybody appreciate you, yes, it’s ok. If they say you are good saint… Once Nisargadatta Maharaj said “If anybody says me I am a good saint, I’m no any appreciation or encouragement. If they say I am a bad saint, or foolish saint, no depression is there. It’s one and the same for me. Good and bad are one and the same for me”. Good and bad is concept impressed by somebody else, from somebody’s thought. Not to become victim of somebody’s thought. Nisargadatta Maharaj said “Not too came across with such elements that will distract you from the Reality.” So, have caution. There Is Nothing to Know That You Are to Know It. No Knowledge Is Knowledge. Knowledge also illusion, Brahman also illusion, entire thing is illusion. Shankaracharya said, “Entire world is illusion, to say ‘I’ it is illusion, to say ‘you’ it is illusion, to say ‘Brahman’ it is illusion, entire world is an illusion”. No needs, no requirements, all these things are body-based relation. Just to try to Identify. Same thing. I’m repeating same thing again and again, just to Impress Reality. You Are Reality. You Are Ultimate Truth.
Ok. Short and sweet.

Sri Ramakant Maharaj