18th November. 1936

Talk 284.

D.: It is said in Srimad Bhagavad Gita: "Realise the Self with pure intellect and also by service to Guru and by enquiry." How are they to be reconciled?

M.: Iswaro Gururatmeti - Iswara, Guru and Self are identical. So long as the sense of duality persists in you, you seek a Guru considering that he stands apart. He however teaches you the truth and you gain the insight.

D.: Kindly explain: ahameko name kaschit nahamanyasya kasyachit

naham pasyami yasyaham tam na pasyami yo mama (I am alone; none is mine; of none else am I, I see none whose I am, none who is mine).

M.: This sloka occurs in different scriptures, holy books, e.g. , Bhagavata, Maha Bharata, etc. It also forms the motto of Chapter XI in Self-Realisation. Aham ^[?] - `I', is only one. Egos are different. They are in the One Self. The Self is not affected by the egos. `I' is one only. `I' is the Truth. All that follows is meant to refute the sense of duality.