Light-Shining Grace is Always There

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Joyce wrote:

The Grace Is Always There

Sri Ramana Maharshi

~photo courtesy of Vishvarupa.com

In NondualitySalon in September, 2002 Harsha wrote:Sri

Ramana used to say that either one has to enquiresteadfastly about the

arising of the aham vritti (theI thought--the feeling awareness of I

AM) orsurrender entirely to the Guru that is one's own Self,the very

Heart of one's existence. In either approach,the ego, the sense of

identity, the I-nessmerges in the Heart and the Self.Bhagavan often

made the point that one cannot gobeyond a certain point with effort

alone and thatGrace is needed. When asked, how could one obtainGrace,

Sri Ramana would say that Grace isever-existent and always there. One

only needed to beaware of It. That is why Ramana Maharshi often

broughtattention to the Heart, and that the Self is AlwaysRealized

and that the Grace is always there. So one makes the sincere effort,

and then Grace takesover, some Power, the Power of the Self---that

takesthe mind and merges it in the Heart.The Heart is the magnet. The

words of the Guru areGrace because they make the devotee aware of the

Heartthat is Self. When meditation is ripe, and all theeffort that is

possible has been made, through Grace,mind and Shakti are drawn to the

Heart, and the Heartswallows up everything. That is the Supreme

Silencebeyond time and space.Love to allHarshaHarsha - again:

Ramana Maharshi suggested both "Who am I" and "Whenceam I" forms of

inquiry. They can actually both gotogether. "Whence am I" is very

powerful but "Who amI" has caught on more as Sri Ramana emphasized it

overand over again and for good reasons. In Sanskrit "Whoam I" is

translated as "Kohum". "Who am I" cannaturally lead to looking into

the "whereness of thehereness!"There are other forms of inquiry as

well which couldbe used. If I recall correctly our own Jerry Katz

hadcome with "Why am I" which many liked very much aswell.What ever

the inquiry, when the inquirer vanishes,everything goes.Love to

allHarsha

Love,

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[Guest guest]

, "Mazie Lane" <sraddha54@h...>

wrote:

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Namaste,

Of course the ego can only go so far. God/Saguna has to kill its own

dream---------that is called Grace..........ONS..Tony.

[Guest guest]

Hi Tony,

Could you be more specific , what would that mean? God/Saguna

Brahman killing its own dream?

Let me see if I have understood.

Brahman's Dream = The Universe

Each individual (Jiva) = Brahman

Each individual dreams the Universe.

Each individual has to kill its own Universe, including

personality and all concepts, including, lastly, mind itself, and

remain as Nirguna Brahman.

Is this what you mean?

Appreciate feedback.

Love,

Fred

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Tony OClery

Friday, October 17, 2003 12:57 PM

Re: Light-Shining Grace is Always There

, "Mazie Lane" <sraddha54@h...>

wrote:> Namaste,Of course the ego can only go so far. God/Saguna has

to kill its own dream---------that is called

Grace..........ONS..Tony./join

"Love itself is

the actual form of God."Sri RamanaIn "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam"

by Suri Nagamma

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