(from "The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna"):
Sri Ramakrishna: I determined to put an end to my life. When I jumped up like a madman and seized [a sword], suddenly the blessed Mother revealed herself. The buildings with their different parts, the temple, and everything else vanished from my sight, leaving no trace whatsoever, and in their stead I saw a limitless, infinite, effulgent Ocean of Consciousness. As far as the eye could see, the shining billows were madly rushing at me from all sides with a terrific noise, to swallow me up! I was panting for breath. I was caught in the rush and collapsed, unconscious . . . within me there was a steady flow of undiluted bliss, altogether new, and I felt the presence of the Divine Mother
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Vira Chandra: As Abhinavagupta pada says in Tantra-sara:
yathā yathā yasya yadā eva prasphurati adhyavasāyḥ
tathā tathā tasya tadā eva tādṛśo bhavati prabhāvḥ
What, what, and whenever the determination is manifested,
Such, such then the result is obtained.
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