Nurtureoneslife:
Papaji Maha Samadhi Day, Today, 13th September (13.10.1910 - 6.9.1997)
Q : How do I get back to my own true nature? I have been a Buddhist monk for ten years, but instead of being free, I feel dry and repressed. How can I let go of control and repression and return to my true nature?
Sri Papaji : You need love. If you love your own Self you will see God and it is only through Love that you will get back to your own true nature. God needs only love; therefore, you must love only God. What does your name mean?
Q : It means "seer.'
Sri Papaji : So you must be the seer, not the object of sight. Whatever you see is an object of sight and you cannot be such an object. Seer only sees and is not an object and so you must reject the sight.
Start with your own body. It is seen and it is an object.
Now I will take you behind all objects.
Whatever you see, think, taste, hear, feel, smell, or touch is an object. So the whole universe is included in this.
All the five elements are objects that you see and you are beyond them. Now see who the seer is.
Who sees these things?
Turn you face beyond these.
Q :I Am.
Sri Papaji : "I Am" is not subject or object
and this "I am is That "I Am."
Now this "I Am" must turn its head to That still beyond.
Q : I do not understand.
Sri Papaji :
Because you can't and you are not to understand.
Understanding is with the mind and
I am taking you beyond the mind.
Therefore, lay down your understanding.
Don't try to understand or think
what this understanding may be and
then tell me who you are.
Not "I AM," not understanding,
just turn your face toward That,
and lay down all efforts.
Q : Just this, just is !
Sri Papaji : And this Isness is Enlightenment
because it is beyond all senses.
It is only Isness.
Do you want to go beyond this or is Isness enough?
Q : You can't go beyond Isness.
Sri Papaji : By saying that you can't go beyond,
you are giving limitations to it.
It is very close.
The trouble is that there is too much nearness,
for it is nearer than anything.
Why can't the retina be seen?
Tomorrow tell me the answer.
The best Gatha will be rewarded.
God is not as near as this because
you can call his name and draw a figure of him.
This which is too near cannot be defined by
any word, sign, or thought, or effort.
It is so simple to know what it is.
So where does the love come in?
A lot of what you say are things that
we already practice in Buddhism.
For practice you need your mind and body.
You are not to use your physical body
because anything that you get from physical practice will be physical, and anything you get from the mind will be mental.
Where I am taking you is beyond physicality,
beyond mentality, beyond spirituality.
This is Freedom.
Q : How do I transcend the mind?
Sri Papaji : For transcendence you must do constant meditation. First start to meditate on objects, this is concentration.
This is why there are idols of different gods.
It is to train the mind.
As a monk you have spent a lot of time doing this, of course. Then simply close your eyes and do not let any object into your mind. When there is no object you will enter into a space which you can't mention, this is called transcendence.
Now you must fall in love with this state or
you will love something else.
This is the only thing that will give you constant eternal love. Such few people want this though.
Everybody wants physical or emotional enjoyments.
If you transcend these things you will fall in love with It
and It will fall in love with you!
You will have a very intimate relationship.
It is very easy. You just have to fully desire this.
You will see that it has always been here,
but you have wanted something else.
🌺 Papaji 🙏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
From The Truth Is book
22 years back, one of the appearances of Self discarded the body which was known as 'Papaji' and not before it gave freedom to many other appearances that were bound in ignorance of their true nature.
'Papaji' was known for his simplicity, humbleness and compassion for all who approached him.
He is ever present in the hearts of all appearances of the Self. To find him, one has to simply dive deep within oneself.
Papaji says:
Reality is that which always exists and never changes.
When everything has burned, the rain of Grace will fall on you.
All rises, dances about in, and returns to Emptiness.
Death is not our nature.
Our nature is eternity. To be free of death
and rebirth, of sorrow and suffering.
Surrender. Let Silence have You.
~ Sri Poonjaji 'Papaji'
PAPAJI: When the disciple meets a realize master and hears the ultimate truth, he will become free at a stroke.
STUDENT: What if, dispite all his sincerity, he does not becomes free immediately upon hearing the truth once?
PAPAJI: Than maybe in next life. This person needs more samsara. We will all arrive home, now or later. If not today then tomorrow; if not tomorrow then next life. But we will all arrive at home, such is our destiny. And when we become free we will realize that there has never been any process at all. That this all was only a concept. Time was a concept, my ignorance was a concept. At the end he will understand this.
The Guru will not make him understand this. No one can make him understand this. He has to not understand, until one day something will happen to him.
STUDENT: But is there nothing the person can do to make herself ready?
PAPAJI: This is postponement. One who says "I have to prepare myself" is deceiving himself, fooling himself. What can be done tomorrow, why not today?
STUDENT: Then is there not a place for sadhana in your teaching?
PAPAJI: No.
STUDENT: So, you give disciples nothing? Nothing to do?
PAPAJI: No. Why give them something to do? They have been doing many things with other teachers. I only tell them: "No effort. No thinking. Keep quiet". And this is working! That is why people all over the world are comming here. Every teacher give them teachings, but there are no results. There are many ashrams all over the world, many spiritual centers. People are doing many things for many years, but there is no result. The mind is not quiet because any yoga or spiritual practice they are doing they are doing with the mind and the body. Sadhana is done with the mind, but the mind cannot arrive there.
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Question: Does my realisation help others?
Bhagavan: Yes, certainly. It is the best help possible. But really there are no others to help, for a Realised Being sees only the Self,
just as a goldsmith, estimating the gold in various jewels, sees only the gold.
Separate forms and beings exist only so long as you identify yourself with the body. When you transcend this identification others disappear along with your body-consciousness.
Question: Isn't it necessary that saints should mix with people and be helpful to them?
Bhagavan: The Self alone is the Reality; the world and the rest of it are not. The Realised Man does not see the world as different
from himself.
Question: Then does a man's realisation lead to the uplift of mankind without their being aware of it?
Bhagavan: Yes. The help is imperceptible but is still there. A Realised Man helps the whole of mankind although they do not know it.
Question: Wouldn't it be better if he mixed with others?
Bhagavan: There are no others to mix with. The Self is the one
and only Reality.
- Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Talk 13 & 20.
Q:-"How long must one do one's duty?"
Sri Ramakrishna:- "The blossom drops off when the fruit appears. One doesn't have to do one's duty after the attainment of God, nor does one feel like doing it then.
"Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace. When the mistress of the house goes to bathe after finishing her cooking and other household duties, she won't come back, however you may shout after her."
If we are the doers of deeds, we should reap the fruits they yield.
But when we question, ‘Who am I, the doer of this deed?’ and realize the Self, the sense of agency is lost and the three karmas slip away.
Eternal is this Liberation.
Sri Ramana Maharshi
(Reality in Forty Verses)
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