Bliss - remaining as the Self

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THE HEARTQuestioner: How is the mind to dive into the Heart?Bhagavan

Ramana: The mind now sees itself diversified in the universe. If the

diversity is not manifest, it remains in its own essence. That isthe

Heart. The Heart is the only truth. Mind is only a transient phase.

Because people identify with the body, they see the world as separate

fromthemselves. This wrong identification arises because they have

lost theirmoorings and swerved from their original state. You are

now advised togive up all these false ideas, and to trace your source

and remain as theSelf. In that state there are no differences and no

questions will arise. All the Sastras are intended simply to make us

retrace our steps to theoriginal source. There is no need to gain

anything. We must simply giveup false ideas and useless accretions.

Instead of doing this, we try tocatch hold of something strange and

mysterious, believing that happinesslies elsewhere. That is the

mistake. If one remains as the Self, there isBliss. People probably

think that being quiet does not bring about thestate of Bliss. That

is due to their ignorance.>From the section: "THE HEART" (page 36-37)

in the book, "MORE DOUBTS AND100 MORE ANSWERS ," compiled and edited

by A.R. Natarajan. Published byRamana Maharshi Centre for Learning,

Bangalore,

India.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~