While speaking to Mr. K. L. Sarma of Pudukotah, Sri Bhagavan said: Leaving out what is intimate and immediate, why should one seek the rest? The scriptures say “That Thou art”. In this statement “Thou” is directly experienced; but leaving it out, they go on seeking “That”!
D.: In order to find the oneness of “That” and of “Thou”.
M.: “That” is the Inner Self immanent in all; in order to find the same, he leaves himself out and sees the world objectively. What is the world? What is Immanent in it? It is “That”. All such ideas arise only on forgetting one’s own Self. I never bothered myself with such matters. Only after a time it occurred to me that men had investigated such matters.