Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 When the ego rises all things rise with it. When the ego is not, there is nothing else. Since the ego thus is everything, to question "What is this thing?" is the extinction of all things. 'That' we are, when 'I' has not arisen. Without searching whence the 'I' arises, how to attain the self-extinction where no 'I' arises? Without attaining self-extinction, how to stay in one's true state where the Self is 'That'? Controlling speech and breath, and diving deep within oneself - like one who, to find a thing that has fallen into water, dives deep down - one must seek out the source whence the aspiring ego springs. Cease all talk of 'I' and search with inward-diving mind whence the thought of 'I' springs up. This is the way of wisdom. To think, instead, "I am not this, but That I am", is helpful in the search, but it is not the search itself. When the mind turns inward seeking "Who am I?" and merges in the Heart, then the 'I' hangs down his head in shame and the One 'I' appears as Itself. Though It appears as "I,I", it is not the ego. It is Reality, Perfection, the Substance of the Self. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reality in Forty Verses, V. 26-30 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 , "Gabriele Ebert" <g.ebert@g...> wrote: >Reality in Forty Verses )))) Thanks, Gabe -- i guess the forty-first is up to us. :-)) LoveAlways, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 Dear Robert (b), besides what is the meaning of b? the Forty verse ends thus: "Liberation is the extinciton of the ego which enquires - 'With form, without form, or with-and-without form'?" Now you can make the 41th. LOL - What would you say? In Ramana Gabriele , "hrtbeat7" <hrtbeat7> wrote: > , "Gabriele Ebert" <g.ebert@g...> wrote: > > >Reality in Forty Verses > > > )))) Thanks, Gabe -- > i guess the forty-first is > up to us. > > > :-)) > > > LoveAlways, > > b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2002 Report Share Posted September 13, 2002 , "gabriele_ebert" <g.ebert@g...> wrote: >Dear Robert (b), besides what is the meaning of b? ))) as you like it! :-)) >the Forty verse ends thus: "Liberation is the extinciton of the ego which enquires - 'With form, without form, or with-and-without form'?" Now you can make the 41th. LOL - What would you say? ))) LoveAlways, b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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