I may be wrong but my gut
feeling and limited perception is Bhagawan shri Ramana Maharshi is among the
few great enlightened souls who have had:-
[Note the words, all
the words in bold and italics in the first three points are to be read as whole
which is the unique phenomenon]
1. The grace of having
a Communion with a higher dimension of life beyond the realm of thought;
2. To be
consciously Aware of it;
3. Also to
be able to communicate or convey it to others not through
miracles or magic or many other mumbo jumbos but in simple philosophical
terms verbally;
4. The benefit of this
is that those who are keen seekers can at least understand and try to explore
the possibilities of acknowledging the existence of realms beyond human
thoughts, intellect, science, human thought conceived concepts of reality, dry
philosophical debates;
5. This enables and
ennobles those who understand their words to see with equanimity the synergy
not only in various manifestations of life but also the events, issues and
relationships that life encounters.
6. These great souls
are not social reformers, not cult or religious leaders but are very unique.
7. If we can
grasp in its unadulterated form some of their perceptions and perspectives and
internalize to them, then that by itself is one of the greatest experience
of life. To grasp sincerely and substantially what they mean one has to
tune one's inner self to the frequency of what they convey. This by
itself is a great blessing in disguise.
8. If we manage
to implement some parts of it in our life, then that is a great bonus and
achievement.
9. J.
Krishnamurthy, Bhagawan Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Shri Aurobindo were also
some such similar souls.
To have communion and
also communicate it, that too in a manner that is easily understandable is not
at all easy.
In JK I found that to
be very serious philosophical enquiry and explorative seeking;
In Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa it was communication through parables, stories and real life
situations;
In Shri Aurobindo it
was really supramental intellectual approach.
In Bhagwan Sri Ramana
Maharshi it was simple and direct.
It is really difficult
to convey certain Pratyaksha Pramanas in Shabda Pramana.
( There are three
ways of acquiring and assimilating knowledge:-
A) Pratyaksha
pramana=Direct experience
B) Anumana=inference or
logic
C) Shabda pramana=Verbal
testimony or verbal account or verbalizing a fact or imagination or lie or
concept or idea or thought or opinion and so on .
Major portion of the
knowledge of majority of us are inevitably through Shabda pramana -Verbal
testimony).
10. I have consciously
avoided using terms like saint, monk, spiritual, religion, divine, god etc because
all these terms have multitude of connotations and too many traditions,
thoughts, practices associated with them (all of them may be multitude of steps
and means to help understand the great expanse of
realms of life beyond thoughts but they may at times, also distract or even
limit the greatness of enlightenment and actual communion that is being
conveyed which is beyond thought).
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