How is the mind to dive into the Heart? Ramana.: The mind now sees itself diversified as the universe. If the diversity is not manifest it remains in its own essence, that is the Heart. Entering the Heart means remaining without distractions. The Heart is the only Reality. The mind is only a transient phase. To remain as one’s Self is to enter the Heart. Because a man identifies himself with the body he sees the world separate from him. This wrong identification arises because he has lost his moorings and has swerved from his original state. He is now advised to give up all these false ideas, to trace back his source and remain as the Self. In that state, there are no differences. No questions will arise. All the sastras are meant only to make the man retrace his steps to the original source. He need not gain anything new. He must only give up his false ideas and useless accretions. Instead of doing it he tries to catch hold of something strange and mysterious because he believes that his happiness lies elsewhere. That is the mistake. If one remains as the Self there is bliss. Probably he thinks that being quiet does not bring about the state of bliss. That is due to his ignorance. The only practice is to find out “to whom these questions arise.”
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Rodger <[email protected]> wrote: > How is one to think of the Self? > > The very thought of thinking will end in bondage. > Therefore one should not think of it. > But,since one is going to anyway... > do not think of it as this or that. > Or do. > Some are into bondage. > > > > > > On Jul 28, 10:06 am, roomsearching <[email protected]> wrote: > > How is one to think of the Self? > > > > Ramana: The Self is self-luminous without darkness and light, and is the > > reality which is self-manifest. Therefore, one should not think of it as > > this or as that. The very thought of thinking will end in bondage. The > > purport of meditation on the Self is to make the mind take the form of > the > > Self. In the middle of the heart-cave the pure Brahman is directly > manifest > > as the Self in the form 'I-I'. Can there be greater ignorance than to > think > > of it in manifold ways, without knowing it as aforementioned? >
