Monday, September 21, 2020

Snake and its Motion

Whatever we see or think about is the manifestation of the glory of the Primordial Energy, the Primal Consciousness. Creation, preservation, and destruction, living beings and the universe, and further, meditation and the meditator, bhakti and prema - all these are manifestations of the glory of that Power. 

But Brahman is identical with Its Power. 

On returning from Ceylon, Hanuman praised Rāma, saying: 'O Rāma, You are the Supreme Brahman, and Sita is Your Śakti. You and She are identical' Brahman and Śakti are like the snake and its wriggling motion. Thinking of the  snake,  one  must  think  of  its  wriggling  motion,  and  thinking  of  its wriggling motion, one must think of the snake. 

- Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, P 290 (22 September 1883)




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