Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

Soon after they left, Bhagavan remarked to those by his side,
“See, he wants to see Allah! Is it possible to see with these
eyes? How could these eyes perceive?”
Yesterday a Hindu asked Bhagavan, “Is Omkara a name
of Ishwara?” Bhagavan said, “Omkara is Ishwara, Ishwara is
Omkara. That means Omkara itself is the swarupam (the real
Self). Some say that the swarupam itself is Omkara. Some say
that it is Sakti, some say it is Ishwara, some say it is Jesus,
some say it is Allah. Whatever name is given, the thing that
is there, is only one.”
Four or five days back, recalling a reply given to
somebody’s question, a devotee, residing in the Ashram, asked
Bhagavan thus: “You said that ananda also gets dissolved; if
so, what is the meaning of dhyanam, samadhi and samadhanam?”
Bhagavan said, “What is meant by laya? It should not
stop with ananda. There must be someone to experience that.

Should you not know that someone? If you do not know
that someone, how could it be dhyanam? If the one that
experiences is known, that one is the Self. When one becomes
oneself that becomes dhyanam. Dhyanam means one’s own
Self. That is samadhi. That is also samadhanam (perfect
absorption of thought into the one object of meditation, i.e.,
the Supreme Spirit).”