Liberation

From ~~~ Letters from Sri Ramanasramam, 144.

Bhagavan:

Peace being experienced now and then,
it must be admitted that there is a thing called peace.

Moreover,
those feelings called desires are also of the mind,
and if desires were banished,
there would be no wavering of the mind;
and if there is no wavering,
that which remains is peace.

To attain that which is always there
requires no effort.
Effort is required only
for the banishing of all desires.

As and when the mind wavers,
it must be diverted from those matters.

If that is done, peace remains as it is.

That is Atma, the Self,
that is Liberation
and that is Self.

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Consciousness

Papaji Says:  "Where the first thought has left and the other is not arisen, that is Consciousness, that is Freedom, that is your own place, your own abode. You are always there, you see."
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Self

Sri Ramana Maharshi: ~~~ Talk 98.

M.:
The Self is the Heart.
The Heart is selfluminous.

Light arises from the Heart and reaches the brain,
which is the seat of the mind.

The world is seen with the mind, that is,
by the reflected light of the Self.
It is perceived with the aid of the mind.

When the mind is illumined it is aware of the world.
When it is not itself so illumined,
it is not aware of the world.

If the mind is turned in towards the source of light,
objective knowledge ceases and Self alone shines forth as the Heart.

The moon shines by the reflected light of the sun.
When the sun has set,
the moon is useful for revealing objects.

When the sun has risen,
no one needs the moon,
although the pale disc of the moon is visible in the sky.

So it is with the mind and the Heart.

The mind is useful because of its reflected light.
It is used for seeing objects.

When it is turned inwards,
the source of illumination shines forth by itself,
and the mind remains dim and useless
like the moon in day-time.

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Eternal

What passes away is not Eternal.
Every form will pass away, and the Essence is formless.
If you are attached to the form you are making a mistake.
It is not the form which gives you light,
but something else which is deep inside your own Heart.
That is your Guru.
That Guru abides in the heart of all Beings,
not only human beings, but all the animals and plants.
You will see this when you see your own Essence within.
Then every plant and animal will speak to you as they speak to me.

~ Papaji

Impersonal self

Giving up the attachment to everything,
including one’s own self-image,
only the eternal, the imperishable remains.
This—we are.
In fact, this is the only true way to be with me:
discover and be one with the Truth
of your own impersonal Self.

~ Mooji

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Be still

From: ~~~ Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi: 100.

R. Narayana Iyer did personal service to Sri Ramana.
He wrote a number of articles in The Mountain Path
under the pen name Vishnu.
When he first went to Sri Ramana as a young man,
he was a modernist and a freethinker.

M.:
“This is only the husk !
All this book learning and capacity to repeat
the scriptures by memory is absolutely of no use.

To know the Truth,
you need not undergo all this torture of learning.

Not by reading do you get the Truth.

Be Quiet that is Truth.

Be Still, that is God.”

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M.:
“All the scriptures are meant only to show you the way of Realization.
They are meant for practice and attainment.

Mere book learning and discussions are comparable
to a man shaving the image in the mirror.”

R. Narayana Iyer:
From that day onwards my long-standing sense
of inferiority vanished once for all.

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Live Life Exuberantly

Live Life Exuberantly

I have been at many events, but I have never been at one like this till now. This Mahashivratri was a night without parallel – the most incredible night. It was truly wonderful to see how everyone came together to make this happen. From our Prime Minister, who, in spite of his hectic schedule, came all the way from Uttar Pradesh for these two hours; the Special Protection Group, the Tamil Nadu police, and many government authorities, the local people who have been supporting us in many ways, the artists who kept the night alive, the media, our in-house teams, volunteers, residents, brahmacharis, everyone who has been fully on through the night – I wish to congratulate all of you for making this happen.

This night should be an inspiration for you to live a life that is truly exuberant, beyond the limits of body and mind. There is a way to function beyond the limitations of your body. There is a way to function beyond the limitations of your psychological structure. This is the way that we want to bring to the world. This is what Adiyogi represents. This is what the science of yoga is about. Our Prime Minister, who has been a Yoga Veera, a stalwart of yoga, before anyone else, has lit the Maha Yoga Yagna. As part of the endeavor of bringing the science of yoga to the world, we want to create one million Yoga Veeras who will impart a simple form of yoga to at least one hundred people in the next one year. That means there will be at least a hundred million new practitioners of yoga in the world before the next Mahashivratri.

I want every one of you to become a Yoga Veera and transmit simple tools of yoga to at least hundred people in the next twelve months. No matter how many hospitals we build, how much medical sciences develop, health is not going to happen unless each individual takes it in his or her own hands. Each one is responsible for their own wellbeing, for their own joy, and their own ultimate liberation. Governments, corporations, and administrations can provide infrastructure for wellbeing, but the source of wellbeing is within. Only in taking charge of our inner nature is there true liberation for Humans. We want to bring this realization and this possibility to every human being.
 
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