Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, by Suri Nagamma

After waiting silently for about 10 minutes Ramamurthi
told Bhagavan that he came there mainly because his brother
was anxious to see Bhagavan, that he himself had Bhagavan’s
darshan about ten years back and taking up the thread of the
previous conversation of the devotee, remarked: “All living
beings are born, maintained and absorbed ultimately by
annam (food) and so food is known as Brahman. That
Brahman is all-pervasive. All things are its images and as
that is known as annam, it is stated that annam eats us. Isn’t
that the meaning?” Bhagavan said “Yes”.

He told Bhagavan several things about science, and his
brother also spoke about science, atom bombs and the like,
all in English. I do not know English, so I could not follow
their conversation. But Bhagavan replied in Telugu. After
hearing all that they were saying about science, Bhagavan
said at last, “Certainly. But not one of these things is divorced
from one’s own self, is it? Everything comes after one’s self.

No one says he is not existent. Even an atheist would admit
that he himself exists. So whatever comes must come from
out of one’s self and must resolve into it ultimately. There is
nothing separate from one’s self, in accordance with the
principle in the sruti, ‘Anoraneeyam Mahatomaheeyam’, the self
is smaller than the smallest and bigger than the biggest.”
Ramamurthi asked, “Where does the difference come
between the atom and the infinite?” “It comes from the body
itself,” said Bhagavan. Ramamurthi asked, “How is it that
we see so many forces in the world?” Bhagavan said: “The
mind alone is the cause. It is the mind that makes you see so
many different forces. When that is born, all else is also born.

The five elements, and the forces beyond the elements,
whatever they are, and the forces beyond others also take
shape, once the mind is born. If the mind is dissolved, all
the others also get dissolved. The mind is the cause of
everything.”