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Sri Ramakrishna
Enlightenment
Osho : There
is
an
episode
in
Ramakrishna’s
life....
For
his
whole
life
he
had
been
worshipping
Mother
Kali,
But
at
the
very
end
he
began
to
feel,”It
is
duality;
the
experience
of
oneness
has
still
not
happened.
It
is
lovely,
delightful,
but
two
still
remains
two.”
Someone
loves
a
woman,
someone
loves
money,
someone
politics;
he
loved
Ma
Kali
–
but
love
still
was
divided
in
two.
Still
the
ultimate
nonduality
hadn’t
happened
and
he
was
in
anguish.
He
began
looking
out
for
a
nondualist,
a
Vedantist
–
for
Some
person
to
come
who
could
show
him
the
path.
A
Paramahansa
named
Totapuri
was
passing.
Ramakrishna
invited
him
to
stop
with
him
and
asked,
”Help
me
to
have
darshan
of
the
one.”
Totapuri
said,
”What’s
difficult
in
that?
You
believe
there
are
two,
so
there
are
two.
Drop
the
belief!”
Ramakrishna
replied,
”But
dropping
this
belief
is
very
difficult
–
I
have
lived
with
it
my
whole
life.
When
I
close
my
eyes
the
image
of
Kali
is
standing
there.
I
drown
in
that
nectar.
I
forget
that
I
am
to
become
one;
as
soon
as
I
close
my
eyes
there
are
two.
When
I
try
to
meditate,
it
becomes
dual.
Help
me
out
of
this!”
So
Totapuri
said,
”Try
this:
when
the
image
of
Kali
is
before
you,
pick
up
a
sword
and
cut
her
in
two.”
Ramakrishna
said,
”Where
will
I
find
a
sword?”
What
Totapuri
said
is
the
same
as
what
is
said
in
Ashtavakra’s
sutra*.
Totapuri
said,
”From
where
did
you
bring
this
Kali
image?
–
bring
a
sword
from
the
same
place.
She
too
is
imaginary.
She
too
is
an
embellishment
of
your
imagination.
Through
nurturing
it
for
your
whole
life,
through
continuously
projecting
it
for
your
whole
life,
it
has
become
crystalized.
It
is
just
imagination.
Not
everyone
sees
Kali
when
they
close
their
eyes.”
After
years
of
effort
a
Christian
closes
his
eyes,
and
Christ
comes
to
him.
A
devotee
of
Krishna
closes
his
eyes
and
Krishna
comes
to
him.
A
lover
of
Buddha
closes
his
eyes
and
Buddha
comes
to
him.
A
lover
of
Mahavira
closes
his
eyes
and
Mahavira
comes
to
him.
Christ
doesn’t
come
to
a
Jaina,
Mahavira
doesn’t
come
to
a
Christian:
only
the
image
you
project
will
come.
Ramakrishna’s
effort
was
with
Kali,
and
the
image
became
almost
solid.
It
became
so
real
from
constant
repetition,
from
continuous
remembering,
that
it
seemed
Kali
was
standing
in
from
of
him.
No
one
was
standing
there.
Consciousness
is
alone.
There
is
no
second
here,
no
other.
”Just
close
your
eyes,”
Totapuri
said,
”raise
the
sword
and
strike.”
Ramakrishna
closed
his
eyes,
but
as
soon
as
he
closed
them
his
courage
vanished.
Raising
his
sword
to
strike
Kali!
–
the
devotee
has
to
raise
his
sword
and
strike
God
–
it
was
too
hard.
To
renounce
the
world
is
very
easy.
What
is
worth
holding
onto
in
the
world?
But
when
you
have
established
an
image
deep
in
the
mind,
when
you
have
created
poetry
in
the
mind,
when
the
mind’s
dream
has
become
manifest,
then
it
is
very
difficult
to
renounce
it.
The
world
is
like
a
nightmare.
A
dream
of
devotion,
a
dream
of
feeling
is
not
a
nightmare,
it
is
a
very
sweet
dream.
How
to
drop
it?
how
to
break
it?
Tears
would
start
flowing
from
his
eyes
and
he
became
ecstatic...
his
body
would
begin
shaking.
But
he
didn’t
raise
his
sword
–
he
would
completely
forget
about
it.
Finally
Totapuri
said,
”I’ve
wasted
many
days
here.
It’s
no
good.
Either
you
do
it
or
I’m
going
to
leave.
Don’t
waste
my
time.
Enough
of
this
nonsense
now!”
That
day
Totapuri
brought
a
piece
of
glass
with
him,
and
he
said,
”When
you
begin
to
be
absorbed
in
delight,
I
will
cut
your
forehead
with
this
piece
of
glass.
When
I
cut
your
forehead,
inside
gather
courage,
raise
your
sword
and
cut
Kali
in
two.
This
is
the
last
chance
–
I
am
not
staying
any
longer.”
Totapuri’s
threat
of
leaving...
and
it
is
difficult
to
find
such
a
master.
Totapuri
must
have
been
a
man
like
Ashtavakra.
Ramakrishna
closed
his
eyes
and
Kali’s
image
appeared
to
him.
He
was
about
to
bliss
out
–
tears
were
ready
to
flow
from
his
eyes,
overwhelmed,
joy
was
coming
–
he
was
about
to
become
ecstatic
when
Totapuri
held
his
forehead
and,
where
the
third
eye
chakra
is,
made
a
cut
from
top
to
bottom
with
the
piece
of
glass.
Blood
began
to
stream
from
the
cut,
and
this
time
Ramakrishna
found
courage.
He
raised
the
sword
and
cut
Kali
in
two
pieces.
When
Kali
fell
apart
he
became
nondual:
the
wave
dissolved
in
the
ocean,
the
river
fell
into
the
ocean.
It
is
said
that
he
stayed
immersed
for
six
days
in
this
ultimate
silence.
He
was
neither
hungry
nor
thirsty
–
there
was
no
consciousness
of
the
outside,
no
awareness.
All
was
forgotten.
And
when
he
opened
his
eyes
six
days
later,
the
first
thing
he
said
was,
”The
last
barrier
has
fallen!”
Source:
“The
Mahageeta
Vol 1” - Osho
*Ashtavakra’s
sutra
“O
son,
long
have
you
been
caught
in
the
noose
of
body
consciousness.
Cut
this
noose
with
the
sword
of
knowing
’I
am
awareness’
and
be
happy.”
In
Ashtavakra’s
vision
–
and
this
is
the
purest
vision,
the
ultimate
vision
–
bondage
is
only
a
belief,
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is
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