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   The organs' externalisation and internalisation of inferential waves   
   from the external world then appears to be a play of illusion. The   
   external world merges into the internal world and ultimately there   
   remains only one Entity -- " You exist, only You exist".   
      
   So it has been said, " Of all knowledge, only this remains".   
   (Namah Shiva'ya Sha'nta'ya, 138)   
      
   *          The microcosmic nucleus approaches the Macrocosmic   
   nucleus not through knowledge and action but through devotion. Then   
   why should the people cultivate knowledge or action? They do so in   
   order that their devotion may become more intense, not for any other   
   reason. People don't eat pickle to fill the stomach but to whet   
   their appetite so that they can enjoy their food more. Similarly,   
   devotees cultivate knowledge or action not for their physical growth   
   but to gather the strength to move on the path of devotion with   
   greater acceleration. This movement towards the Supreme   
   Consciousness (God) is devotion. Knowledge and action are aids and   
   therefore knowledge and action should both be cultivated.   
   (Nama'mi Krs'n'asundaram, 152)   
      
   *          People are heading towards the Supreme Consciousness   
   through their devotion. The microcosmic point is heading towards the   
   nuclear point of the Supreme Consciousness. The closer it comes, the   
   more it realizes the proximity of the Macrocosmic nucleus and the   
   more the nature of the point changes. The closer a drop of water   
   moves towards the sun, the more it is transformed into vapour. When   
   it nears the sun, it no longer remains a drop of water but becomes   
   transformed into a mass of fire.   
      
   Let us use a better analogy. A block of iron advances towards the   
   sun. When it nears the sun it loses its solidarity and is converted   
   into molten iron. It melts due to its closeness to the sun.  When it   
   comes even closer, it changes from molten iron into gaseous iron.   
   When it comes into closest proximity to the sun it becomes one with   
   the sun as the iron turns into a purely luminous mass. Its existence   
   can no longer be separated from the sun.   
      
   In the beginning the microcosmic point possesses only microscopic   
   qualities. The more the spiritual aspirant advances, the more his or   
   her qualities change. In the process, when one comes into close   
   proximity with the Macrocosmic nucleus, one loses one's former   
   qualities and assumes the qualities of the object of ideation. When   
   the microcosmic point comes into close proximity to the Macrocosmic   
   nucleus, there can no longer remain two points. They merge into one,   
   the Macrocosmic point. The unit entity will merge with the Supreme   
   Consciousness (God). In the end there is no dualism. Dualism cannot   
   survive.   
   (Nama'mi Krs'n'asundaram, 150)   
      
   *          The unit entities are compelled to act under the impact   
   of two personalities. One is the small 'I' which craves to   
   accumulate so many things, big or small, and give so many things to   
   society. The small 'I' creates a world of its own centering around   
   that little world of illusion wherein the small "I" is entrapped and   
   where it considers itself to be the supreme monarch.   
      
   Simultaneously, there is a larger world, the much larger world of   
   the Supreme Consciousness, a world where the small "I" is a mere   
   bubble. All the hopes and aspirations, all the desires and urges of   
   that insignificant bubble residing within the vast mind of Supreme   
   Consciousness attain supreme fulfilment only at the time when it   
   merges itself in the main stream of the Cosmic flow. Otherwise,   
   individual hopes and desires remain forever unfulfilled and   
   unrealized.  Human beings cherish thousands of desires in their   
   hearts, but those desires generally remain unfulfilled because the   
   waves of individual human desires do not maintain parallelism with   
   the waves of the Cosmic desire.   
   (Nama'mi Krs'n'asundaram, 41)   
      
   *          The movement of each and every object of the universe is   
   in a particular way, unless redirected in some other way by a   
   stronger mental force. But the case of human beings is different--   
   they have certain specialties of their own. A river moves from the   
   mountain towards the sea, and also from the sea towards the   
   mountain. But in the case of human minds, of human microcosms, the   
   movement may be from the mountain towards the sea, and also from the   
   sea towards the mountain - this is the speciality of the human mind.   
      
   The objectivity of the human mind, unlike other entities of this   
   universe, may move from subtle towards crude, or from crude to   
   subtle. That is why it has been said, "Mind is the cause of bondage,   
   and this very mind is also the cause of liberation, of   
   emancipation".  If the movement towards crude is encouraged, the   
   mind - and at the same time the entire existence of the human being -   
    will be converted into crude matter. It will be a path of negative   
   evolution. And if the movement towards subtle is encouraged, then   
   the entire existence will be converted either into Cosmic Mind or   
   into Cosmic Cognitive Faculty.  If the very I-feeling is surrendered   
   at the altar of Supreme Existence, then the entire existence will   
   become one with the Supreme Cognitive Principle - one will become   
   omniscient and all-knowing.   
   ("Existential Flow and Its Culminating, Point", Calcutta, 1986)   
      
   *          The Cosmic Nucleus is associated with microcosms and the   
   world through His pervasive association and individual association.   
   It is enormously difficult to be the Consciousness of the Nucleus.   
   What is the difficulty? He must always remain associated with   
   everything and everyone. None of His created beings should be   
   neglected or slighted: He must associate Himself with the minds of   
   each and everyone, listen to their thoughts and alleviate their   
   sufferings, whether they are literate or illiterate, rich or poor.   
   He must shoulder the responsibility for the entire creation. Then   
   and then alone does He deserve to be the Nucleus Consciousness. He   
   is no Cosmic Nucleus who remains in His ivory tower, indifferent to   
   the sorrows and sufferings of the created beings, but accepting   
   their worship. To be the Cosmic Nucleus - the Nuclear Consciousness -   
    one has to remain associated with the created beings, both   
   collectively and individually through pervasive association and   
   individual association.   
      
   The personal relationship with each and every individual, with every   
   particle of dust, every drop of water, is termed pervasive   
   association. That is, the Nucleus Consciousness is aware of your   
   individual thoughts and feelings, your joys and sorrows and He takes   
   suitable steps to remove your distress and afflictions. Here I   
   deliberately used the word "suitable". It implies that He has to   
   take steps to remove one's personal wants, sufferings and miseries   
   without jeopardising the collective interest. For example, if the   
   sunset is delayed for one hour for the good of one individual, it   
   would go against the collective interest. This He cannot do.   
   Although He cannot go against the collective interest, He is bound   
   to pay attention to the needs and feelings of every individual. This   
   is what is called pervasive association.   
   (Nama'mi Krs'n'asundaram, 61)   
      
      
      
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