Monday, May 18, 2020

Sign of Perfect Knowledge

There is a sign of Perfect Knowledge. Man becomes silent when It is attained. Then the 'I', which may be likened to the salt doll, melts in the Ocean of Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute and becomes one with It. Not the slightest trace of distinction is left.

As long as his self-analysis is not complete, man argues with much ado. But he becomes silent when he completes it. 
When the empty pitcher has been filled with water, when the water inside the pitcher becomes one with the water of the lake outside, no more sound is heard. Sound comes from the pitcher as long as the pitcher is not filled with water.
    
- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 148 
                   (October 28, 1882)

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