Ramana April 14 notes samadhi day

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As soon as he gets this new outlook on life, he feels ashamed to pray any longer to his God or Guru to alter his destiny (Prarabdha); 

because, he now finds that all the activities going on in his life are only to make him turn Self-ward.

 In short, in the eyes of such a mature disciple, the Prarabdha becomes completely non-existent.

 He does not use the word ‘Prarabdha’, but points out to it as ‘The loving Will of my Lord; 

His Will is my pleasure!’. Now the surrender completes itself – the life has been changed into one immense Bliss, even the greatest tortures now appear to him, 

[as sings Saint Appar:

* “(Where I was placed) under the shade of the Feet of my Lord, 

I felt as if on the cool bank of a pond in the spring full moon,

 under the pleasant touch of the southern breeze while the Veena is playing sweet melody”.

His mind so transformed is no longer a ‘mind’, It is Self – his very nature.

We can say that, what was previously called ‘mind’ is now destroyed

Thus we are able to understand that the experiencer ship (Bhoktrutva) is destroyed along with the doership (Kartrutva). 

bhoktrutva, kartuttva destroyed = be Still

Having his two aspects thus destroyed, the jiva’s keeping quite is the ‘BE STILL’ (Summa Iru). 

And THIS is the real teaching (Upadesha) of the Guru.

 To BE so STILL is the real service to God and to the Guru. 

And to BE so STILL is really to live in the Divine. 

And THIS is the original Natural State.

To will to be so still, i.e., to like to be so still, or to will not to be so still, i.e., to do, is under one’s will. For, the ‘Perfect Freedom to will and act’ is one’s very nature – Brahman, the Self.

It is said above that the destruction of the doership is itself the destruction of the experiencership also. 

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It has already been said that there will be no more Agamya after the doer-ship has been destroyed. 

Up till now it has been said in scriptures, to pacify the questioners, that the Prarabdha which remains after Sanchita and Agamya have been destroyed is to be experienced, and that it will end only with the death of the body. 

But, it is to be understood that this is not said for those fully mature aspirants who have a keen discrimination.

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The aspirant who is on the path of Love (Bhakti) believes that there is a God or Guru and that He protects him, with the hope that He will do for him whatever is good. 

Such an aspirant, while using his ‘original freedom to will and act’, surrenders his doership to Him; therefore he, no longer has to make efforts (Agamyas), and thus BEcomes STILL.

When the ‘freedom to will and act’ is applied to like and to make efforts to BE STILL, the doer-ship is destroyed.

 Along with the doer-ship, the experiencer-ship, which is necessary to experience all the three karmas, is also destroyed.

 Only with this freedom can we reach the Goal; should this freedom not be there, there would be no hope. 

This Freedom alone – which is nothing but GRACE – paves the way for us to be freed from karmas. This alone is the real secret of the karmas.

 Thus should we know! 

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If one turns one’s attention towards the first person (the subject) in the waking state, 

the waking should come to an end,

 leaving one in the State of Awakening. 

This Self-ward turn is Being only, and not doing;

 hence it is not a thought or karma.

Only this kind of Self-effort is called the effort of destroying karmas. 

This alone will lead to Liberation. 

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From Kaivalya navneetam:

Master: If you get rid of that mode of mind which gives rise to the states of waking, dream and sleep, you will remain as your True Being and also experience Bliss. 

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to go from from drishya to drik ...you need the force . 'guru'

not the seer , by which you see.

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by which the mind thinks

but of which it cannot think of

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let cinders 
be poured on our head, we should not allow our life in 
Atman to be disturbed.

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vakyavritti

pure consciousness should be distinguished 
from reflected consiousness with great effort

distinct from qualities and defects   ..guna /durguna ...is pure consciousness.

cognitions of M change , moment to moment,

but not of consciousness.

Restrain of all cognitions should be practised with great effort 
by those who seek the experience of bramha.

87. When, having wept and wept with intense yearning for a long time, 

unceasingly thinking of and adoring the Gracious Feet (of the Lord),

 the mind which rises (as “I am so-and-so”) dissolves and becomes pure, 

the blemishless Self-inquiry (jnanatmavichara) will become firmly settled (in the heart) 

and the experience of Self (swarupa-anubhava) will of its own accord arise very easily indeed

. – Sri Muruganar

If one abides in the true state of Self, which is devoid of all thoughts, that itself is all virtues and ethical conduct (dharmas).

If a person has attained the firm knowledge that he is not an object of perception, but is that pure consciousness which shines clearly in the states of waking, dream and deep sleep, and which, as the witness of the whole universe, dwells in all bodies from that of the Creator Brahma to that of the ant, then he is my Guru

“I am Brahman (pure consciousness). It is pure consciousness that appears as this universe.

All this is only

something conjured up by me because of avidya (nescience) which is composed of the three gunas (sattva, rajas and tamas)”. One who has attained this definite realization about Brahman which is bliss itself, eternal, supreme and pure, is my Guru,

3. Having come to the definite conclusion, under the instruction of his Guru, that the entire universe is always perishable, he who, with a calm and pure mind constantly meditates on Brahman, and who has burnt his past and future sins in the fire of knowledge, submits his present body to the operation of his prArabdha karma. This is my conviction.

4. The Self or pure consciousness is experienced clearly within by animals, men, and gods as ‘I’. It is by the reflection of this pure consciousness that the mind, senses and body, which are all insentient, appear to be sentient. External objects are perceived only because of this consciousness. This Self is, however, concealed by the very mind, senses and body which are illumined by it, just as the sun is concealed by clouds. The yogi who, with a calm mind, always meditates on this Self is my Guru. This is my conviction.

By meditating on the Self with a perfectly calm mind the sage experiences fulfillment. The person whose mind has become identified with this Self is not a mere knower of Brahman, but Brahman itself. Such a person, whoever he may

be, is one whose feet are fit to be worshipped by Indra himself. This is my definite conviction.