5/26/2016

Mind

You simply have to watch:
Where does mind arise from?
Where does thought come from?
What is the source of this thought?
Then you will see that you have always been Free
and that everything has been a dream.

~ Papaji

Experiences

Whatever experiences may arise,
allow them to be expressed. They flow
within the human expression of consciousness.
Let them be. Because when they have been
given the room to express themselves, then the
space behind, which is joyful, steady and tranquil,
will come to the front. Only don’t name this
enlightenment or feel that you’ve gained something.

Instead recognise and pay full attention to the
unchanging silence which is the substratum of
all that is appearing in the mind.
"White Fire" ~ Mooji

Being

The purpose of worshipping the Impersonal Supreme Being is the incessant remembrance of the truth that you are Brahman. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

Self remembrance

SELF-REMEMBRANCE

Remembering the Self, one’s real nature, without faltering even slightly,
is the eminent victory of true jnana.

With your consciousness hold fast to and never abandon the substratum, your real nature, the Supreme that can neither be held nor relinquished.

Is the Self something far away that you have to touch? The higher Self exists as one but it is only your thoughts that make you feel it is not.
You can neither think about it nor forget it.

Other than the thought of the Self, any other thought you may associate with, is a mere mental construct, foreign to that Self.

Thinking of the Self is to abide as that tranquil consciousness. Padam, the true swarupa, can neither be remembered nor forgotten.

The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as this or that.

All such thoughts would only end in bondage. The purport of meditation on the Self is to make the mind take the ‘form’ of the Self. In the middle of the heart-cave is the pure Brahman directly manifest as the Self in the form of ‘I-I’. Can there be greater ignorance than to think of It in manifold ways, without knowing it as aforementioned?

-Padamalai p 76, 77

Happiness

Papaji Says: "You are Happiness. You are Peace. You are Freedom. Do not entertain any notions that you are in trouble. Be Kind to Yourself. Open to your Heart and Simply Be." https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.papajidaily

Surrender

Papaji Says: "Surrender, let Silence have you. Surrender to the source, Surrender to awareness, this is the only place of protection. Surrender your heart and you will know all. Surrender to Consciousness and Bliss. Surrender means to surrender your bondage and to simply be Freedom."

Mind

Ramana says: "If the mind subsides, the whole world subsides. Mind is the cause of all this. If that subsides, the natural state presents itself. The Self proclaims itself at all times as `I, I'. It is self- luminous. It is here. All this is that. We are in that only."

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Ramana says: "Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see only the light behind."
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Child and Jnani

Ramana says: "A child and a Jnani (Self-Realized Soul) are similar in a way. Incidents interest a child only so long as they last. It ceases to think of them after they have passed away. So then, it is apparent that they do not leave any impression on the child and it is not affected by them mentally. So it is with a jnani."

Jnani

Ramana says: "The Jnani's (Self-Realized Souls) mind is known only to the jnani. One must be a jnani oneself in order to understand another jnani. However the peace of mind which permeates the saint's atmosphere is the only means by which the seeker understands the greatness of the saint. His words or actions or appearance are no indication of his greatness, for they are ordinarily beyond the comprehension of common people." https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ramanadaily

Self

In deep sleep you are not a self-conscious person, yet you are alive. When you are alive and conscious, but no longer self-conscious, you are not a person anymore.

Nisargadatta Maharaj
I Am That
86. The Unknown is the Home of the Real