Part 29
“Subhuti, if anyone says the Realised One comes or goes, sits or lies down, this person does not understand the principle I expound. Why? The Realised One neither comes from anywhere nor goes anywhere; that is why he is called the Realised One.”
Commentary:
The Realised One, the true-Self, as mentioned earlier, is boundless, changeless, and nameless. There is nothing that is not the true-Self, just as there is nothing that doesn’t belong to the universe. The true-Self incessantly functions but neither comes nor goes because there is no other place and nothing else but the true-Self. It neither lies down nor stands up because it is boundless and changeless. However, the true-Self is always with us no matter where we may be because there is no place and nothing that is not the true-Self. Even we ourselves are part of the true-Self as well.
Student: “How can the Realised One be with us all the time if He neither comes nor goes?”
Master: “All things, including us, are one with the Realised One.”
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