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254 Living by the Words of Bhagavan
Then Bhagavan quoted verse thirty-one of Ulladu Narpadu
which describes the real state of liberation:
To one who has destroyed himself [his ego] and is awake
to his nature as bliss, what remains to be accomplished?
He does not see anything [as being] other than himself.
Who can comprehend his state?
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Some people came from the south for Bhagavan’s darshan.
Among them was a small boy about five years old. He did namas-
karam and then approached Bhagavan and looked at him lovingly.
Bhagavan placed his left hand on the boy’s head and asked him,
‘What do you want?”
The boy replied firmly, ‘I don’t want anything’.
‘Oho!’ said Bhagavan, ‘You belong to us.”
Then, addressing the people he came with he added, ‘If he
remains in the “don’t want” state everything will come to him’.
This reminded Bhagavan of an old incident from his own life.
‘When I was staying at the Pachaiamman Temple my loincloth
got torn. I never made any requests to anybody so I had to stitch it
myself. For a needle I used a thorn from a cactus plant. I made a
slit at the end which gripped a thread that I had removed from my
loincloth. After the repairs were finished I was able to wear it for
another two months.
‘During the same period my towel had so many holes it looked
like a net. One day a shepherd, after seeing this towel, tried to
ridicule me by saying, “Swami, the [provincial] Governor wants
this towel”.
‘After washing and drying this towel I used to wrap it around
my hand so that no one could see what state it was in. Somehow,
those who were with me came to know about it and brought three
sets of new loincloths and towels. They took away my old towel
and made me exchange my loincloth for a new one.
‘If you remain in the “don’t want” state, everything will come
to you. That is why both likes and dislikes are not wanted.”
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Maurice Frydman: Sometimes when I meditate I enter a state
