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Q.:
Is it enough to introvert the mind
or should we meditate on ‘I am Brahman’?
M.:
To introvert the mind is the prime thing.
The Buddhists consider the flow of ‘I’ thought to be Liberation;
whereas we say that such flow proceeds
from its underlying substratum - the only - Reality.
Why should one be meditating ‘I am Brahman’?
Only the annihilation of ‘I’ is Liberation.
But it can be gained only by keeping the ‘I-I’ always in view.
So the need for the investigation of the ‘I’ thought.
If the ‘I’ is not let go, no blank can result to the seeker.
Otherwise meditation will end in sleep.
There is only one ‘I’ all along,
but what arises up from time to time is the mistaken ‘I-thought’;
whereas the intuitive ‘I’ always remains Self-shining,
i.e., even before it becomes manifest.
The birth of the gross body does not amount to one’s own birth,
on the other hand, the birth of the ego is one’s own birth.
For liberation, nothing new remains to be gained.
It is the original state and continues unchanged too.

Beauty ＆ Pure 252

 

O Arunachala! Hill of Patience! Bear with my
poor strains, considering them to be good
poetry and be Thou gracious. Thy will be done!
To go wrong is human, to grant pardon is divine. The
devotee-soul prays that the defects in her hymn of praise
should be overlooked, and the devotion that inspired it should
be accepted. Any attempt to praise the Lord is bound to fail;
for He is beyond the reach of words and thoughts. The
devotee-soul cannot but praise Him; but she does not ever
hope to find words that are adequate. The devotee-soul has
no will of her own. It is the Lord’s will that moves the world.

Beauty ＆ Pure 251

 

Sri Ramana Experience
I was a learned fool.
My flawed mind knew nothing till I came to dwell with Him
whose Glance filled my heart with the Light of Awareness.
Dwelling in that gracious state of Peace,
whose nature is Holy Silence,
so hard to gain and know,
I entered into union with the deathless state
of the Knowledge of Reality.
- Sri Muruganar

Beauty ＆ Pure 250

 

Sri Muruganar :
This joyful Marital Garland of Letters which resembles a
beam of the rays of the rising sun was sung by the noble Sage
Ramana, the ocean of compassion, with the object of removing
the delusion of the devotees who sought his grace. Those who
look upon it as their sole refuge will realize within themselves
that they are Arunachala and will reign in the world of Siva.

Beauty ＆ Pure 249

 

There are said to be six (subtle) organs of different
colours in the chest, of which the spiritual heart is said to be the
one situated two fingers’ breadth, to the right from the centre!
But the heart is also said to be formless. Does that mean that we
should imagine it to have a form and meditate on this?
B.:
No; only the quest – ‘Who am I?’ is necessary. That
which continues to exist throughout sleep and waking is the same
being in both; but while waking there is unhappiness and therefore
the effort to remove it. When asked who awakes from sleep, you
say ‘I’. Hold fast to this ‘I’. If that is done the Eternal Being
reveals itself. The most important thing is the investigation of the
‘I’ and not concentration on the heart centre. There is no such
thing as the ‘inner’ and the ‘outer’. Both words mean the same or
nothing at all. Nevertheless, there is also the practice of
concentration on the heart-centre, which is a form of spiritual
exercise. Only he who concentrates on the heart can remain aware
when the mind ceases to be active and remains still, with no
thoughts, whereas those who concentrate on any other centre
cannot retain awareness without thought but only infer that the
mind was still after it has become active again.
In the following passage an English lady remarks on this
awareness without thought and Bhagavan approves.

Beauty ＆ Pure 248

 

Bhagavan.:

Short or long duration applies only
to the dream and waking states.
Someone may say:
‘we have lived so long
and these houses and belongings
are so clearly evident to us
that it surely can’t be all a dream’.
But we have to remember
that even dreams seem long while they last.
It is only when you wake up that you realize
that they only lasted a short time.
In the same way,
when one attains Realization (jnana),
this life is seen to be momentary.
Dreamless sleep means nescience;
therefore it is to be rejected in favour
of the state of pure Awareness.

Beauty ＆ Pure 247

 

If I know my presence then how I know the presence of other person . Is that any feeling in silence present ?