RE: [RamanaMaharshi] Upadesa Saram/Upadesa Undiyar verse 20

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Very beautiful Sri Milesji. Thank you. I will pass this on to

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Love to all

Harsha

 

 

Miles Wright [ramana.bhakta]

 

om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

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20)

 

ahaminASabhAjyahamahamtayA /

sphuratihRtsvayam paramapUrNasat //

 

"Where the "I" sense (ego) is destroyed, the Heart, as

the supreme complete being (totality), suddenly bursts

forth (appears clearly, throbs), by itself,

as I, I."

 

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n*Anonr^u tAnattu n*AnAnen r^onr^adu

tAnAgat tOnr^umE yun*dIpar^a

tAnadu pUnramA mun*dIpar^a

 

In the place where the 'I' thought merges (and looses

its identity), another appears of its own, as 'I',

'I'. It is the supreme complete being.

 

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That supreme and complete Being is, because of its

completeness, neither solely within nor solely

without, but rather within and without (i.e. all there

is). The 'I' sense merely 'appears' as the limiting

adjunct. This 'I' sense acts like a sheath which

purports to contain that within which it, itself, is

contained. It's source is, and has always been, That,

which, in one respect might be described as 'bursting

forth' when it, the 'I' sense, perishes, or, in

another respect, as 'throbbing', as Itself and by

Itself, eternally.

 

That this, 'I', 'I', can be felt within the body, as

the very vibration of being, should not be a surprise,

nor should it appear incongruous, after all the

body/mind's existence is entirely reliant on the Self.

As an imaginary pot lying at the bottom of the ocean,

must contain water and be immersed in water, so it is

with the body. Should it therefore be impossible for

the Self to express itself through this body? Now that

would be incongruous.

 

This idea, that the twin concepts 'spiritual' and

'material' are discrete units (i.e. that there are two

'I's, one spiritual and one material), is the sole

illusion.

 

om sri gurave namah