Prabuddha Bharata or Awakened India July 1927

When the mind is purified of desires and the soul realises its unchanging spiritual nature it naturally tends to soar high above the world of variety and rest in the bosom of the Infinite and the Eternal.—This is called Samadhi. [...] The light of the new synthesis has been reflected on the national life and the present communal turmoil is the murmur of the reawakening. [...] All who aspire after the realisation of the Indian nation must never forget these two things : (1) That the Indian state is quite distinct from the Indian nation ; the former is the concern of politicians who may evolve the constitution by pacts and copromises whereas the latter is to he realised by the union of the different communities believing in the same ideal and pusuing the same met [...] The proximity of God stimulates some of the noblest moods and emotions of the mind and all good and noble qualities come to nest in the life of the person who realises Him and adorn it like ornaments. [...] "The Rishi of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad thus teaches in the discourse on Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi : 'Because the Divine Self is in the husband therefore does the wife love her husband ; and because the Divine Self is in the wife therefore does the husband love the wife.' " During this time Ramakrishna and Saradamani used to sleep in the same bed.