A collection of ramana and nisarga quotes under this website
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srg:
Nothing above 'sarvatma bhava'.
Hold the substratum at all times.
Even one moment. Millions.
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silence ..the most powerful shaktipat.
but only for the qualified.
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hot iron.. only ghava
otherwise first heat the iron
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do you need sadhana?
only you know.
which means the guru knows
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but if you have this question
then you need sadhana
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sadhna is holding on to the substratum
one in all
all in one
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two is disease
two is falling
multiplicity is a chronic misunderstanding
There was never any entity
who is to sadhana of whom and where
when whom and where truly don't exist
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give up the childish differentiation of knower and known as separate
you dont sleep nor dream n or are awake.
You are the consciousness beyond
which is unaffected by these phases
just like the moon never wanes or waxes..but appears so
The moon is always Full
You are always Perfect
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im truly not the karta
This I know...now
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Being the Self for one moment
is more important than millions of chantings and reciting mantras and doing exotic rituals.
more important than any shastrartha or attending classes multiple times.
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Hold on to the Self in all occasions.
your house falls down
what do you do?
hold on to the Self
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apr 28
who am i
what i experience as I is definitely not i.
in fact all what you experience is asat since it is transitory.
the sat cannot be an experience. as an object. even as a subject.
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The skill lies in scooping out of the experiencer phenomenon and with great effort, very great effort, stay stoicly, heroically as the substratum.
get out of the experienced, experiencer phenomenon.
that is not you. it doesnt concern you.
stay exactly who you are ..as you are..
as you have always been
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Aham Aham Aham Aham Aham Aham
That which rises as ‘I’ in the body is the mind.
If one inquires as to where in the body the thought ‘I’ rises first, one would discover that it rises in the Heart.
srg : Where...heart
That is the place of the mind’s origin.
Even if one thinks constantly ‘I’, ‘I’, one will be led to that place.
srg: aham aham
Aham way higher than Om.
Om dwarfed in front of aham.
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Of all the thoughts that arise in the mind, the ‘I’ thought is the first. It is only after the rise of the “I-thought” that other thoughts occur.
The thought ‘who am I?’ will destroy all other thoughts, and like the stick used for stirring the funeral pyre, it will itself be burnt up in the end. Then, there will be Self-realization.
When other thoughts arise, one should not pursue them but should diligently inquire: ‘To whom do they occur?’ It does not matter how many thoughts arise. As each thought arises, one should inquire with alertness, “To whom has this thought arisen?” The answer that would emerge would be “to me”. Thereupon if one inquires “Who am I?” the mind will go back to its source; and the thought that arose will subside.
With repeated practice in this manner, the mind will develop the power to stay in its source. When the mind that is subtle goes out through the brain and the sense organs, the gross names and forms appear; when it stays in the heart, the names and forms disappear. Not letting the mind go out, but retaining it in the Heart is what is called “inwardness”. Letting the mind go out of the Heart is known as “externalisation”. Thus, when the mind stays in the Heart, the ‘I’ which is the source of all thoughts will go, and the Self which ever exists will shine.
What exists in truth is the Self alone. The world, the individual soul, and God are appearances in it like silver in mother-of-pearl. These three appear at the same time, and disappear at the same time. The Self is that where there is absolutely no “I” thought. That is called “Silence”. The Self itself is the world; the Self itself is “I”; the Self itself is God; all is Siva, the Self.
He who gives himself up to the Self that is God is the most excellent devotee.
Giving one self up to God, means constantly remembering the Self.
Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them all. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?
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- Unbroken “I, I” is the infinite ocean. The ego, the “I”-thought, remains only a bubble on it and is called Jiva or individual soul. The bubble too is water for when it bursts it only mixes with the ocean. When it remains a bubble it is still a part of the ocean.
- Why do you wish to meditate at all? Because you wish to do so you are told “fix the mind in the Self”. Why do you not remain as you are without meditating?
- Take no notice of the ego and its activities, but see on the light behind. The ego is the thought “I”. The true “I” is the Self.
- The habits of the mind (vasanas) are the obstacles that hinder realization of the Self. [Because they keep you occupied with this and that, instead of focusing on your spiritual sadhana.]
- The ultimate truth is so simple. It is nothing more than being in the pristine state. This is all that need be said.
- You are That, here and now.… That is the master key for solving all doubts. The doubts arise in the mind. The mind is born of the ego. The ego rises from the Self. Search the source of the ego and the Self is revealed. That alone remains.
What is intense Vairagya?
- Whatever thought may rise, not to let it live or grow, but to destroy it then and there, without the least slackness, by merging it back into its Source, is powerful and intense Vairagya [detachment].
A wonderful tip;
- Is it not because you are knowledge [i.e. consciousness] itself that you are able to know the world? If instead of knowing the world, if you turn your attention, taking that Consciousness alone as your target, It will Itself as the Guru reveal the Truth [i.e. Reality].
- Whenever a thought arises, instead of trying even a little either to follow it up or to fulfill it, it would be better to first enquire, “To whom did this thought arise?”
- All thoughts are from the unreal ‘I’, i.e., the ‘I’-thought. Remain without thinking. So long as there is thought there will be fear.
- Watch the mind. You must stand aloof from it. You are not the mind. And the Self will remain ever.
- Actions form no bondage. Bondage is only the false notion, “I am the doer”. Leave off such thoughts and let the body and senses play their role, unimpeded by your interference.
- The very purpose of self-enquiry is to focus the entire mind at its source.
- It is not, therefore, a case of one ‘I' searching for another ‘I'.
- Much less is self-enquiry an empty formula, for it involves an intense activity of the entire mind to keep it steadily poised in pure Self-awareness.
Abhyasa (spiritual practice) consists in withdrawal within the Self every time you are disturbed by thought. It is not concentration or destruction of the mind but withdrawal into the Self.
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- The essence of mind is only awareness or consciousness.
- When the ego, however, dominates it, it functions as the reasoning, thinking or sensing faculty.
- The cosmic mind, being not limited by the ego, has nothing separate from itself and is therefore only aware.
- This is what the Bible means by ‘I am that I am'.
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- From where does this ‘I' arise?
- Seek for it within; it then vanishes.
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- This is the pursuit of wisdom.
- When the mind unceasingly investigates its own nature, it transpires that there is no such thing as mind. This is the direct path for all. The mind is merely thoughts. Of all thoughts the thought ‘I' is the root. Therefore the mind is only the thought ‘I'.
- Samadhi with closed eyes is certainly good, but one must go further until it is realised that actionlessness and action are not hostile to each other.
- Fear of loss of samadhi while one is active is the sign of ignorance.
- Samadhi must be the natural life of everyone.
- Why do you wish to meditate at all? Because you wish to do so you are told Atma samstham manah krtva (fixing the mind in the Self); why do you not remain as you are without meditating?
- If you consider yourself as the body the world appears to be external. If you are the Self the world appears as Brahman.
- Maya has no independent existence. Having brought out the illusion of the world as real, she continues to play upon the ignorance of the victims. When the reality of her not being is found, she disappears.
- Abhyasa and vairagya are necessary. Vairagya is the absence of diffused thoughts; abhyasa is concentration on one thought only. The one is the positive and the other the negative aspect of meditation.
- The feeling “I work” is the hindrance. Enquire, “Who works?” Remember, “Who am I?”. The work will not bind you. It will go on automatically. Make no effort either to work or to renounce work. Your effort is the bondage. What is bound to happen will happen.
- Mind is only the dynamic power (sakti) of the Self.
- Maharishi: Practice removes the samskaras.
D: But samskaras are infinite and eternal – from beginningless time.
Maharishi: This itself is a samskara. Give up that idea and all samskaras will disappear at once. - Q.: How to discern the ego from the Perfect ‘I-I’?
Maharishi: That which rises and falls is the transient ‘I’. That which has neither origin nor end is the permanent ‘I-I’ consciousness.
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Nisarga
- Once you have understood that you are nothing perceivable or conceivable, that whatever appears in the field of consciousness cannot be your Self,
- you will apply yourself to the eradication of all self-identification, as the only way that can take you to a deeper realization of your Self.
- You literally progress by rejection – a veritable rocket.
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