It is impossible to describe what it is like to be in the presence of a Master. I did not know he was a Master, but to sit in his presence, though he hardly said a word, and does not know English, was to feel oneself thrilling through and through — to feel new impressions touching one mentally. It was an extraordinary experience.
When a man is lost in God, he becomes a mere tool in the hand of God, and is one with God, having become a part and parcel of God; he gets that peace and happiness (unaffected by joys and sorrows) which can only be enjoyed but never described. May we aim at this state of mind’s rest and peace in heart which the holy ones are ever after!
The Jnani, also known as the Awakened, the Enlightened, the Self-Realised is he, who, although like every other person, uses a body, has broken the illusion that the body is himself.
The years 1948-50 saw the evening shadows gathering and closing on the mortal coil of the Master.
Heart implies, therefore, the point of union between the Self and the world (or body), the switch-board of the fusion of light and darkness. It is thus the seat of the granthi, the knot of ignorance which creates the illusion that the world is other than Mind, that is, as a projection in an objective space independently of the perceiving mind.
Nirvana is the Perfect State. There is neither seeing, hearing, nor experiencing in it. There is nothing but the pure “I am” awareness.