GOVINDA: “What is the meaning of ‘yogamaya’?”
Sri Ramakrishna: “It signifies the yoga, or union, of Purusha9 and Prakriti.10 Whatever you perceive in the universe is the outcome of this union. Take the image of Siva and Kali. Kali stands on the bosom of Siva; Siva lies under Her feet like a corpse; Kali looks at Siva. All this denotes the union of Purusha and Prakriti. Purusha is inactive; therefore Siva lies on the ground like a corpse. Prakriti performs all Her activities in conjunction with Purusha. Thus She creates, preserves, and destroys. That is also the meaning of the conjoined images of Radha and Krishna. On account of that union, again, the images are slightly inclined toward each other.
“To denote this union, Sri Krishna wears a pearl in His nose, Radha a blue stone in hers. Radha has a fair complexion, bright as the pearl. Sri Krishna’s is blue. For this reason Radha wears the blue stone. Further, Krishna’s apparel is yellow, and Radha’s blue.
“Who is the best devotee of God? It is he who sees, after the realisation of Brahman, that God alone has become all living beings, the universe, and the twenty-four cosmic principles. One must discriminate at first, saying “Not this, not this’, and reach the roof. After that one realises that the steps are made of the same materials as the roof, namely, brick, lime, and brick-dust. The devotee realises that it is Brahman alone that has become all these — the living beings, the universe, and so on.
“Mere dry reasoning — I spit on it! I have no use for it! (The Master spits on the ground.) “Why should I make myself dry through mere reasoning? May I have unalloyed love for the Lotus Feet of God as long as the consciousness of ‘I’ and ‘you’ remains with me!
(To Govinda) “Sometimes I say, ‘Thou art verily I, and I am verily Thou.’ Again I feel, ‘Thou art Thou.’ Then I do not find any trace of ‘I’. It is Sakti alone that becomes flesh as God Incarnate. According to one school of thought, Rama and Krishna are but two waves in the Ocean of Absolute Bliss and Consciousness.
(Source: Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna)