The Dissolusion of the Mind - the withdrawal of the sense of "I" from the notion of an identity to thoughts and impressions

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Dear Alison,

 

When, through the various practices of yoga the mind becomes pure and

we are told about our True Self abiding in the Heart (Hrdayam) as

being all-pervasive, there is a sudden sense of recollection where

the mind is reflected back on the Self.

 

This recollection of our single Truth is felt as a pulsation of the

sense of "I" felt in the Atma nadi (an extension of the sushumna)

between the Heart (Hrdayam) and the Crown (Sahasrara).

 

Until this is felt, there continues the concept, idea, impression or

imagination that the "I" is the identity between the "I" sense and

thoughts and sensations of the body in reaction to an apparently

separate world.

 

This identity (ego) is not real, only the "I" is real. When the

single "I" is felt, it pulsates as a gravitational force sucking in

any impressions that appear in the mind, such that the mind is filled

with live pervasive light, much the same as though when looking at a

slide or movie, the screen fades to white, as the power of the light

is increased.

 

Once this inward pulling force tales hold, you abide permanently in

Its Singularity, and witness, without attention, the dissolution of

the sense of identity to thoughts, sensations impressions and images.

Everything related to ideas of time and space dissolves, as you abide

single,.... uncaused,.... unconditioned,... space-like,... without

thoughts nor a thinker...

 

"Emptiness here, emptiness there, no difference for definitions have

vanished and no boundaries are seen..." (3rd Zen Patriarch)

 

This "recollection" is so clear and profound that it releases you

entirely from all concepts as you abide in your single recollected

Truth.

 

What is imaginary is the idea of there being an identity between the

"I", which is the all pervasive substratum felt in the Heart, and the

images appearing in the conscious field. When the Heart (the Self)

recollects Itself, you become aware that you are the single

substratum, and you awaken to the timeless experience of your Self as

That. The sense of identity falls away like a mirage. It's simply

relinquished.

 

There is an inward drawing sensation of the sense of "I" from the

diverse attention to the concocted idea of identity to Its ever

abiding Single Truth, as you are drawn into the experience of your

Self as pervasive blazing Light. "I am the Light of the world" is

what you awaken to, and you entirely forget the former dream of "I am

this and that" as being no more than an illusion, that even as you

look upon it it vanishes.

 

As to the thoughts and images and planes that are illumined and have

their reflected appearance within the Diamond Mind, they are

discovered to continue automatically without the slightest idea of a

doer or the use of attention and focus to see and know.

 

Somehow the Truth has to be heard. Once heard, It takes hold of you

and cannot be lost, as the dissolution of the "I" from the images in

the mind prevails steadily. Whether the mind is agitated and active

or still and pure, somehow this "hearing" has to take effect, after

which this force of Dissolution will prevail.

 

This experience is within the immediate possibility of everyone, as It

is the Truth even now. Abandoning imagination, the Self is Realized

as ever abiding Truth, as "I am the Truth."

 

There is nothing at all philosophical to this. Abandoning attention

to all thoughts, you awaken to and emerge as Self.

 

Pieter

Message: 11 Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:31:06 -0000

Question: Are the past and future mere imagination?Ramana Maharshi:

Yes, even the present is mere imagination, for the sense of time

is purely mental. Space is similarly mental. Therefore birth and

rebirth, which take place in time and space, cannot be other than

imagination.

I am the first one to admit that I am phisophically challenged, but if

anyone can give me a better understanding it would be welcomed.Is

Ramana only saying that all of mindville are concepts and therefore

just imaginary? Does that not include the concept of the SELF?Don't

we have to differentiate here between a brick wall and a blue sky to

function?Thanks in advance,LoveAlton

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