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The "Soham" meditation or "I am Brahman" meditation is more or less a mental thought. But the quest for the Self I speak of is a direct method, indeed superior to the other meditation. ~ Sri Ramana to Paul Brunton (Conscious Immortality).

mind

self

Devotee : Why is it written in one of the Upanishads, 

 "Those whom the Atman (SELF) chooses, 

 to them alone does It reveal Itself, not to others?" 

 Isn't this rather arbitrary? 

 Sri Bhagavan : No. It is correct. 

 It chooses only those who devote themselves to It

~ Sri Ramana Maharishi

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Prayer clears the mist and brings back peace to the soul.

~ #Rumi

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Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction. #Rumi

questions

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action

From the book The Garland of Guru's Sayings

35. The Actions of the Soul and God

668. If it is considered that all the actions of the soul are the actions of God, then can the jiva (ego-self) exist as an individual entity separate from God? But if the jiva feels that he is separate from God, then the jiva's actions cannot be God's actions, and the jiva will also be independent of God.

Sadhu Om's note: Not knowing the correct interpretation of the ancient holy words of Sages, "All are God's actions; not even an atom can move without the will of God," many people say whenever miseries come, "All these are the results of God's actions," but whenever they get some pleasures in life, they proudly say, "These are the results of my past meritorious actions." To rectify such a mistaken outlook, Sri Bhagavan gives this teaching.

test

Things will come test you , And  they will . Learn to say it’s Gods Love . Mooji 

mukta

People often say that a mukta purusha should go out and preach his message to the people. They argue, how can anyone be a mukta so long as there is misery by his side? True. But who is a mukta? Does he see misery beside him? They want to determine the state of a mukta without  themselves realising the state. From the standpoint of the mukta their contention amounts to this: a man dreams a dream in which he finds several persons. On waking up, he asks, “Have the dream individuals also wakened?” It is ridiculous.

Again, a good man says, “It does not matter even if I do not get mukti. Or let me be the last man to get it so that I shall help all others to be muktas before I am one.” It is all very good. Imagine a dreamer saying, “May all these wake up before I do”. The dreamer is no more absurd than the amiable philosopher aforesaid.

desire

A visitor had given Bhagavan a piece of paper on which he had scribbled in pencil a number of questions...

Question 4: What is the best way of dealing with desires, with a view to getting rid of them — satisfying them or suppressing them?

Bhagavan: If a desire can be got rid of by satisfying it, there will be no harm in satisfying such a desire. But desires generally are not eradicated by satisfaction. Trying to root them out that way is like pouring spirits to quench fire. At the same time, the proper remedy is not forcible suppression, since such repression is bound to react sooner or later into forceful surging up with undesirable consequences. The proper way to get rid of a desire is to find out “Who gets the desire? What is its source?” When this is found, the desire is rooted out and it will never again emerge or grow. Small desires such as the desire to eat, drink and sleep and attend to calls of nature, though these may also be classed among desires, you can safely satisfy. They will not implant vasanas in your mind, necessitating further birth. Those activities are just necessary to carry on life and are not likely to develop or leave behind vasanas or tendencies. As a general rule, therefore, there is no harm in satisfying a desire

where the satisfaction will not lead to further desires by creating vasanas in the mind.

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When the mind is let alone to be one with space so that the mental space becomes united with the physical space, then all that remains inside and outside is ‘I’ Consciousness, the fullness of pure BEING.

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The origin of all psychological misery is the basic separation assumed between self and non-self. We are so habituated to accept separation and boundaries as a natural phenomenon that it is an enormous surprise to be shown the world as it truly is.

Ramesh Balsekar 

8 October

happening events

Whatever is happening is bound to happen. There is a series of events; a scenario is written down. So according to that scenario, things happen. If we are identified with all sorts of things, we have certain hopes and aspirations; and if things turn out accordingly, we are happy. If the things that happen are not according to our wishes, we are unhappy. So we will continue to be happy and unhappy in an endless cycle, so long as we persist in this attitude. However, the moment we see things in proper perspective—that all we can do is to see that witnessing happens, and that whatever happens is independent of our thoughts—then there is a different state. There is no volition as far as an individual is concerned; things happen on their own. When that is seen, there is already a certain peace of mind.

🕉 Nisargadatta Maharaj

self void

As  Absolute Emptiness the Self 

shines by Its own light......

forever effulgent in all places, 

irrespective of spatial boundaries.......

Those who meditate on the 

Supreme Void and 

become established in it through

constant practice, 

will reach the supreme abode [.....] 

beyond birth and death.....

Hear it from me......

In order to avoid all  [.....] 

suffering and sorrows.....

meditate ever on the great Void!!!

Anma Sakshatkara....29....

Devikalottara....42 & 24....

Sri Ramana Maharshi....

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मोक्ष

जहां-जहां जीवन है, वहां-वहां कोई नियति नहीं है। नियति से मुक्त हो जाना, नियति की दृशिट से मुक्त हो जाना--मोक्ष है, निर्वाण है। यह तो पूछो कि मैं कौन हूं। जरूर अपने से पूछो। मगर इस उपद्रव में मत पड़ना कि मैं किसलिए हूं। उसका तुम कभी कोई उत्तर न पाओगे। इसका उत्तर तो जरूर पाओगे कि मैं कौन हूं। वही उत्तर पाओगे जो सदा पाया गया है। मगर वह उत्तर तुम्हारे भीतर से आना चाहिए। पाओगे कि चैतन्य हो, द्रशटा हो, साक्षी हो, सच्चिदानंद हो--सत हो, चित हो, आनंद हो। और यह खजाना तुम्हारे भीतर भरा पड़ा है। मत फैलाओ अपनी झोली कहीं और।

रहिमन धागा प्रेम का -10

ओशो

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As  Absolute Emptiness the Self 

shines by Its own light......

forever effulgent in all places, 

irrespective of spatial boundaries.......

Those who meditate on the 

Supreme Void and 

become established in it through

constant practice, 

will reach the supreme abode [.....] 

beyond birth and death.....

Hear it from me......

In order to avoid all  [.....] 

suffering and sorrows.....

meditate ever on the great Void!!!

Anma Sakshatkara....29....

Devikalottara....42 & 24....

Sri Ramana Maharshi....

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Born of forms, 

rooted in forms, 

feeding on forms, 

ever changing its forms, 

itself formless, 

this ego - ghost takes to its 

heels on enquiry....

Sri Ramana Maharshi....

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The more you are preoccupied by your own physical aging, the more anxious you will become. Do not worry so much about your physical appearance. Concentrate, rather, on not wasting your life. Practice the Dharma. The more you engage in it, the more your satisfaction will grow. 

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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Absence of thoughts does not mean a blank. 

There must be one to know the blank. 

Knowledge and ignorance are of the mind. 

They are born of duality. 

But the Self is beyond knowledge and ignorance. 

It is light itself. 

There is no necessity to see the Self with another Self. 

There are no two selves. 

What is not Self is non-self. 

The non-self cannot see the Self. 

The Self has no sight or hearing. 

It lies beyond these - all alone, as pure consciousness.

~ Sri Ramana Maharshi 

 ...from 'Talk 245'; 8th September, 1936

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The eye of truth which abides as unalloyed consciousness, pure grace possessing power and beauty, is indeed the absolute, the infinite eye. 

~ Sri Muruganar , Sri Guru Ramana Prasadam 

Artist unknown.

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What the bhakta (devotee) calls surrender, the man who does vichara (Self-Inquiry) calls jnana.  Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang, and make it merge there.

(Day by Day with Bhagavan)

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What the bhakta (devotee) calls surrender, the man who does vichara (Self-Inquiry) calls jnana.  Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang, and make it merge there.

(Day by Day with Bhagavan)

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The bag of memory - past. 

The bag of desire - future.

 Believing in them as mine - carrying it as I - here and now.

Why complain and suffer in pain?

Here and Now this is the truth

If you wish to be free, 

Know you are the Self, 

The witness of all these, 

The heart of awareness. 

Set your body aside. 

Sit in your own awareness.

- Astavakra gita 

(Chapter 1 - verse 4)m

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What the bhakta (devotee) calls surrender, the man who does vichara (Self-Inquiry) calls jnana.  Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang, and make it merge there.

(Day by Day with Bhagavan)

Ramana: Because of latent tendencies of the mind. But really, it is easy, since we are the Self. All we have to do is to remember that. We keep on forgetting it, and thus think we are this body, or this ego

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He does not feel that he is the agent who acted or the one who refrained from action.

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The more you are preoccupied by your own physical aging, the more anxious you will become. Do not worry so much about your physical appearance. Concentrate, rather, on not wasting your life. Practice the Dharma. The more you engage in it, the more your satisfaction will grow. 

- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

self

Absence of thoughts does not mean a blank. 

There must be one to know the blank. 

Knowledge and ignorance are of the mind. 

They are born of duality. 

But the Self is beyond knowledge and ignorance. 

It is light itself. 

There is no necessity to see the Self with another Self. 

There are no two selves. 

What is not Self is non-self. 

The non-self cannot see the Self. 

The Self has no sight or hearing. 

It lies beyond these - all alone, as pure consciousness.

~ Sri Ramana Maharshi 

 ...from 'Talk 245'; 8th September, 1936

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The eye of truth which abides as unalloyed consciousness, pure grace possessing power and beauty, is indeed the absolute, the infinite eye. 

~ Sri Muruganar , Sri Guru Ramana Prasadam 

Artist unknown.

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What the bhakta (devotee) calls surrender, the man who does vichara (Self-Inquiry) calls jnana.  Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang, and make it merge there.

(Day by Day with Bhagavan)

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The bag of memory - past. 

The bag of desire - future.

 Believing in them as mine - carrying it as I - here and now.

Why complain and suffer in pain?

Here and Now this is the truth

If you wish to be free, 

Know you are the Self, 

The witness of all these, 

The heart of awareness. 

Set your body aside. 

Sit in your own awareness.

- Astavakra gita 

(Chapter 1 - verse 4)

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What the bhakta (devotee) calls surrender, the man who does vichara (Self-Inquiry) calls jnana.  Both are trying only to take the ego back to the source from which it sprang, and make it merge there.

(Day by Day with Bhagavan)