Michael James: The only true benefit to be attained is the experience of non-duality, which can be attained only by those mature aspirants who through Self-enquiry seek and attain perfect peace of mind, which is the state of abidance in Self, the reality, and not by those immature people who do not even desire to follow the direct path of Self-enquiry and thereby attain the state of Self-abidance. 61 Narration of the Experience (Anubhavam Uraitta Tiran) 1240
When we recount the experience [attained on account] of the sayings of the Guru [Sri Ramana], [it is the experience that] all that was seen as a forest of attachment [or bondage] is nothing but the ineffable space of the Silence of true Knowledge [mey-jnana-mauna] and [that] all inferior knowledge is a dream.
Sadhu Om: In this chapter [verses 1240 to 1248] Sri Muruganar describes the experience of Jnana which he attained by the Grace of his Sadguru, Sri Ramana. 1241
I have known, I have known the state of supreme truth, which is full of transcendent existence-consciousness [and in which it is known] that in actual truth there is not even the least acquiring of what is called as bondage, liberation and so on, [which all appears only due to one’s] having mistaken [oneself] to be other [than Self].
Sadhu Om: When the state of supreme truth [paramartha sthiti] is known, one realizes that one had in truth never mistaken oneself to be other than Self, and that consequently one had never been in bondage and had never attained any such thing as liberation. Sri Muruganar: ‘Abiding in this state, having attained the supreme bliss which is devoid of bondage and liberation...’ is a saying of Sri Bhagavan [in verse 29 of Upadesa Undiyar]. He has also said [in verse 37 of Ulladu Narpadu], “Even the contention held that there is duality during practice and non-duality after attainment, is not true ...”. If the state of supreme truth is known as it is, know that even the feeling of liberation will not exist there; since bondage is ever non-existent, the nature of Self is that which is completely devoid of even the knowledge ‘I am a Mukta’. 1242
Though we look at any religion and though we listen to any doctrine [propounded by those religions], we clearly see that all the doctrines of those religions definitely proclaim only one goal, which shines devoid of differences.
Michael James: In his experience of Jnana Sri Muruganar realized that, though different religions seem to proclaim different goals, all those seemingly different goals are in truth only one, namely the state of Self-knowledge, which shines devoid of differences. However, this true harmony and oneness among religions can prevail only in the state of Silence, and cannot prevail merely due to the intellect thinking ‘All religions