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• God never forsakes those who have surrendered.

• Grace is always there. 

• Grace is there in the beginning, middle and in the end. 

• Surrender and all your cares will be HIS.

~ GEMS from Bhagvan Sri Ramana Maharishi.

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Abide as the Self and do your duties in the world without being attached to them in any way.

~ Sri Poonjaji 'Papaji'

#कर्मयोग

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You are the One which is aware

of the awareness of objects and ideas.

You are the One which is even more silent than awereness.

You are the Life which precedes the concept of life.

Your nature is Silence and it is not attainable,

It always Is.

~ Sri Poonjaji 'Papaji'

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Excerpt from an Interview with Rajini Menon, the Realized Jnani and friend to Sri Alan Jacobs, our President.

How did your transformation happen?

That particular evening I was so disturbed that I went into my room, closed my eyes and sat there. That was when everything dropped from me. The only thought that came to me was that I was the soul and my attention went to the heart region spontaneously. In a fraction of a second or so, I felt I was floating – a very light feeling. And bliss.And an unending expanse! It went on like this for hours but the change was instant. There were no questions. A no-question mind is so peaceful. As if everything was known to me. As though I was seeing everything through a crystal clear glass.

After this moment of transformation, everything changed. I would feel like a royal king moving around – as if everything was under my control. There were no changes outwardly, my circumstances were the same, but there was a total sea change inwardly. I would walk on the road with my no-mind; I would work in the kitchen with my no-mind. No thoughts whatsoever were coming. In the office, only where it was needed for me to think, such as when processing a file, would I think. Moreover, I suffered from many physical problems too for maybe a couple of years before, but all of them disappeared overnight never to return.

In no-mind, the range you can see is wide. I walk on the road, and see absolutely everything; at the same time, not looking at anything. Earlier, when I walked on the road, I would look at every shop window, attracted to so many things. With no- mind, nothing attracts me. And I have so much energy. I am never tired. All night I take a thin bed sheet, spread on the floor with a thin pillow and lie down in shavasan, close my eyes and lie there totally aware with absolutely no thoughts. I can hear even a pin. And it is more energising than even deep sleep. Because, there is no mental activity to drain away the energy.

When the body is relaxed physically, I can lie down all night totally aware without either the body or the mind moving even a bit. Otherwise, sleep comes for some time depending on how tired the body is.

Photo is by Solveig Larsen