Statement or State with V. Ganesan

Great nephew of Ramana Maharshi - V. Ganesan talks with Richard Miller

V.Ganesan great nephew of Ramana Maharshi

... All the scriptures are statements.

When you approach them as statement,

it becomes concept!

When you approach it as state,

it will become your own.

Tat Twam Asi, you take it as a statement,

then commentaries,

volumes have been written,

on this one simple

three words sentence.

You have no idea,

how many volumes

have been written.

And nothing has solved the problem!

You are in the same

step zero.

So, as long as you take

any holy words of any scriptures,

as statements,

is not meant to be a statement!

It's a state!

Try to understand it as a state.

Don't make it into a sentence,

even if you write it

in golden letters,

it means nothing.

Be still and know that I am God!

And I stayed with that sentence,

for three months, till I understood,

I did not rid out myself,

honestly, I'm telling you.

I'm not a Christian,

I have not read Bible,

I am not a religious minder, as such,

to follow christianity or to follow

hinduism,

not a fanatic.

But, once thing told me

if you do not understand

any statement by a sage,

stay with that!

Don't try to expand that statement,

don't try too explanation

for that statement,

because holy persons, holy scriptures,

holy sages or statements are not to be

comment on upon.

That's to be eluded on.

When you stay with that statement,

it will become your state!

So, I stayed with that statement,

be still and know that I am God!

So, first I understood,

because intellectually when you approach

there is no connection between be still,

so it is joined...

can joined by the word, and.

Intellectually speaking.

Be still, and,

know

that I am God!

What is the connection between these two?

But I stayed.

And be still became my silence.

So, you're saying that

all the scriptures are not...

meant to be understood!?

They're meant to be lived!

Yes!

And in a state scriptures

any master's statement

Buddha statement

or Jesus Christ statement

anything that you are intellect is not capable

of understanding.

Don't doubt it

and don't reject it.

Do not accept it emotionally also.

Stay with that,

till it reveals.

And be still

I was, I...

even so I'm explaining it,

as experience it was fantastic.

Oh be still!

Silence.

So it's like a reminder.

Yes!

Then it revealed,

know means to experience,

not knowing.

And know that I am God!

I am is God.

I'm not trying to intellectually explain it.

I experienced it and that

experience was in silence.

Not intellectual.

The word know,

is not know intellectually.

Experience.

Can you know silence?

You can only experience silence!

So, any book on silence

has to be drawn into the dustbin.

It cannot reveal you silence.