Bertrand Russell wrote that a man wrote to him. A book by Bertrand Russell was published, in which he had made some statements about Julius Caesar. The man wrote, "Your book is absolutely correct, only one statement is wrong."
Russell was surprised. The book contained many revolutionary statements that people would not like. Who is this man who says everything is correct, only one statement is wrong? So Russell invited him to come to his house for dinner. "I would also like to know what the man who found everything I said correct found wrong! That is worth considering for me as well."
Russell waited. In the evening, the man came. He said, "The rest of the book is absolutely correct. I have been reading all your books. All of them are correct. But you have written one thing in it completely wrong."
Russell asked with great curiosity, eagerness, "What is wrong?" The man replied, "You have written in the book that Julius Caesar is dead. This is wrong!"
Julius Caesar has been dead for hundreds of years. Russell was astonished that he had discovered such a mistake: "You wrote that Julius Caesar is dead, this is absolutely wrong." Russell asked, "Do you have proof?" He replied, "What proof is needed? I am Julius Caesar."
Psychology would say this man is mad. But Mysore says, "I am Brahma." The sages of the Upanishads say, "We are God ourselves." Ramtirtha said, "I created this universe; I moved the moon and stars." Someone came to Ramtirtha to ask, "Who created the universe?" Ramtirtha replied, "What are you asking? I created it."
Certainly, this tone also seems to be that of madness. And superficially, the man who says, "I am Julius Caesar," seems less mad than Ramtirtha, who says, "These moon and stars? I moved them with these very fingers. I created this universe."
These statements are identical on the surface, but completely different within. And what would be the proof of the difference? The proof of the difference would be that this Julius Caesar, who he claims to be, is unhappy, suffering, and troubled. He has no sleep, no peace, and is restless. And this Ramtirth, who says that he created the world, is in supreme bliss and supreme peace.
It doesn't depend on what he says. We have to find out who he is. And even if you don't claim to be Julius Caesar, Mahatma Gandhi, or Jawaharlal Nehru, you don't make any such claims, you are still not in your senses, you are still insane. And Ramtirth, despite claiming that he created the world, is not insane. This statement of Ramtirth is the result of a very deep experience.
Ramtirth is saying that the supreme consciousness of this world is within me. The day he created this world, I was also a part of it. This world cannot be created without me, because I am a part of it. And when God created this world, I was present within it. My presence is essential; because I exist.
Nothing in this world is destroyed. Destruction is impossible. Not even a grain of sand can be destroyed. It will always remain. Whatever you do, erase, break, smash, whatever you do, it will remain; its existence cannot be erased. What exists cannot go into nothingness.
So how can consciousness go into nothingness? I am, which means I was, and this means I will remain. Whatever my form, whatever my shape, my destruction is impossible. Destruction does not occur. Only change occurs in the world, destruction does not occur. Nothing is created, nor is anything destroyed. Only things change, transform, take new shapes, and leave old ones. But destruction is impossible.
Even science accepts that destruction is impossible. Religion and science agree on one thing: destruction is impossible.
So, if Ramtirtha says that he created it, this statement is very meaningful. This is not the statement of a madman. The truth is that it is the statement of a man who has transcended madness. And who can now see this, the infinite chain of life, and who no longer considers himself separate, but a part of that infinite chain.
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