Message #23658

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I am of the school that says you should drive away visions of any kind. I think they are all from an inner source, the mind. One should not give them much significance. When Papaji went to see Ramana he didn't like his advaita teaching because he was addicted to the form of Krishna. So, after meeting Ramana he went and hung out on the Mountain and entertained his visions of Krishna. Before he left he decided to stop back by Ramana's hall and brag to him about how he had been seing Krishna for the past few days. When he did so Ramana feigned interest saying, "Oho, so you've been playing with Krishna?"

Papaji: "Yes, sir".

Bhagavan: "Do you see him now?"

Papaji: "No, sir. I don't".

Bhagavan: "A God that appears and disappears cannot be the real God."

This annoyed Papaji and he didn't immediately accept this, so strong was his attachment to the form of Krishna he had worshipped all his life. It wasn't until Papaji saw Ramana look at a picture of Krishna that some villagers had brought to be blessed that he got the faith in his words which enabled him to transcend the attachment to the form.