Samadhi

SAMADHI

Q: Is silence an attribute of the real?

M: This too is of the mind. All states and conditions are of the mind.

Q: What is the place of samadhi?

M: Not making use of one's consciousness is samadhi. You just leave your mind alone. You want nothing, neither-from your body nor from your mind.

I AM THAT ch. 13

Ramana says

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Q: There is nothing to be seen in the ReaL?

M: Because you are accustomed to identifying yourself with the body, and sight with the eyes, you say you do not see anything.

What is there to be seen?
Who is there to see?
How do you see?

There is only one Consciousness, which manifests as the ‘I’-thought, identifies itself with the body, projects itself through the eyes and sees the objects around.

The individual is limited in the waking state and expects to see something different. The evidence of his senses will be the seal of authority, But he will not admit that the seer, the seen and the sight are all manifestations of the same Consciousness.

Meditation helps to remove the illusion that the Self must
be visual. How do you see the ‘I’ now? Do you hold a mirror in front of yourself to know your own being?

The awareness is the ‘I’. Realize that: it is the Truth.

p. 67

Bhagwat geeta

Bhagavad Gita अध्याय 7 श्लोक 7 - 17 ,

इनमें से जो परमज्ञानी है और शुद्धभक्ति में लगा रहता है वह सर्वश्रेष्ठ है, क्योंकि मैं उसे अत्यन्त प्रिय हूँ और वह मुझे प्रिय है |

Of these, the wise one who is in full knowledge in union with Me through pure devotional service is the best. For I am very dear to him, and he is dear to Me.

तात्पर्य

भौतिक इच्छाओं के समस्त कल्मष से मुक्त आर्त, जिज्ञासु, धनहिन् तथा ज्ञानी ये सब शुद्धभक्त बन सकते हैं | किन्तु इनमें से जो परमसत्य का ज्ञानी है और भौतिक इच्छाओं से मुक्त होता है वही भगवान् का शुद्धभक्त हो पता है | इन चार वर्गों में से जो भक्त ज्ञानी है और साथ ही भक्ति में लगा रहता है, वह भगवान् के कथनानुसार सर्वश्रेष्ठ है | ज्ञान की खोज करते रहने से मनुष्य को अनुभूति होती है कि उसका आत्मा उसके भौतिक शरीर से भिन्न है | अधिक उन्नति करने पर उसे निर्विशेष ब्रह्म तथा परमात्मा का ज्ञान होता है | जब वह पूर्णतया शुद्ध हो जाता है तो उसे ईश्र्वर के नित्य दास के रूप में अपनी स्वाभाविक स्थिति की अनुभूति होती है | इस प्रकार शुद्ध भक्त की संगति में आर्त, जिज्ञासु, धन का इच्छुक तथा ज्ञानी स्वयं शुद्ध हो जाते हैं | किन्तु प्रारम्भिक अवस्था में जिस व्यक्ति को परमेश्र्वर का पूर्णज्ञान होता है और साथ ही जो उनकी भक्ति करता रहता है, वह व्यक्ति भगवान् को अत्यन्त प्रिय होता है | जिसे भगवान् की दिव्यता का शुद्ध ज्ञान होता है, वह भक्ति द्वारा इस तरह सुरक्षित रहता है कि भौतिक कल्मष उसे छू भी नहीं पाते |

PURPORT
Free from all contaminations of material desires, the distressed, the inquisitive, the penniless, and the seeker after supreme knowledge can all become pure devotees. But out of them, he who is in knowledge of the Absolute Truth and free from all material desires becomes a really pure devotee of the Lord. And of the four orders, the devotee who is in full knowledge and is at the same time engaged in devotional service is, the Lord says, the best. By searching after knowledge one realizes that his self is different from his material body, and when further advanced he comes to the knowledge of impersonal Brahman and Paramātmā. When one is fully purified, he realizes that his constitutional position is to be the eternal servant of God. So by association with pure devotees, the inquisitive, the distressed, the seeker after material amelioration and the man in knowledge all become themselves pure. But in the preparatory stage, the man who is in full knowledge of the Supreme Lord and is at the same time executing devotional service is very dear to the Lord. He who is situated in pure knowledge of the transcendence of the Supreme Personality of God is so protected in devotional service that material contaminations cannot touch him.

तेषां ज्ञानी नित्ययुक्त एकभक्तिर्विशिष्यते |
प्रियो हि ज्ञानिनोSत्यर्थमहं स च मम प्रियः || १७ ||

तेषाम् – उनमें से; ज्ञानी – ज्ञानवान; नित्य-युक्तः – सदैव तत्पर; एक – एकमात्र; भक्तिः – भक्ति में; विशिष्यते – विशिष्ट है; प्रियः – अतिशय प्रिय; हि – निश्चय ही; ज्ञानिनः – ज्ञानवान का; अत्यर्थम् – अत्यधिक; अहम् – मैं हूँ; सः – वह; च – भी; प्रियः – प्रिय |

भावार्थ

इनमें से जो परमज्ञानी है और शुद्धभक्ति में लगा रहता है वह सर्वश्रेष्ठ है, क्योंकि मैं उसे अत्यन्त प्रिय हूँ और वह मुझे प्रिय है |

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Conscious immortality

CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY

Meditation on the Self is our natural state. It is only be­cause we find it hard that we imagine it to be an arbitrary and extraordinary state.

We are all unnatural.

The mind resting in the Self is its natural condition, but instead of that, our minds are fixed in outward objects.

After getting rid of name and form, and dwelling on Existence-Knowledge-Bliss, be careful not to allow their reentry to the mind.

During meditation on the Self, the thoughts actually die down of their own accord. Meditation can be directed to various objects, but when directed to the true Self, it is sent to the highest object, or rather the true subject.

P. 67

Silent

If one can remain silent and still, all concepts vanish and reality is experienced as it is. It is only the inner core of our being. What is required is simple self-awareness.

Spiritual quotes

Q: There is more pleasure in dhyana than in sensual enjoyments. Yet the mind runs after the latter and does not seek the former. Why is it so?

Sri Ramana Maharshi :

Pleasure or pain are aspects of the mind only.
Our essential nature is happiness.

But we have forgotten the Self and imagine that the body
or the mind is the Self.

It is that wrong identity that gives rise to misery.
What is to be done?
This mental tendency is very ancient and has continued for innumerable past births.

Hence it has grown strong.
That must go before the essential nature, happiness, asserts itself.

~ From Be as you are book

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