Concepts about concepts and thoughts about thoughts

[Guest guest]

The play of concepts is endless. Concepts about the body, the mind,

spirit, universe, cosmos, big bang, small bang, how the world came into

being, shiva, shakti, etc.

 

And then there are concepts about concepts, and thoughts about the

nature of thoughts!

 

What to do? The questions are thoughts and the answers are thoughts.

 

And thinking about questions and answers requires thoughts.

 

What to do?

 

Nothing to do.

 

The quicksand of concepts entangles one more and more, the more

seriously one takes them. It is the stuff of religion, philosophy,

spirituality, great writers, great thinkers, great teachers, great

leaders, etc.

 

The presumption to understand, teach, and help others to improve

themselves reveals the unrelenting grip of the ego.

 

But the ego is not bad. It is something natural. It arises as a natural

condition.

 

The wise say, that, "I am the doer" notion is bondage.

 

The real method to self knowledge is simple.

 

To go to the root of the ego or the mind, one needs to become aware of

one's complete helplessness. That takes time. That takes spiritual

maturity. To feel truly that not my will Lord but thy will be done. In

doing so, the surrender can take place and one can naturally do what

one is destined to do.

 

If by Grace, one can bring the awareness upon its own essence, to see

and feel its own essential being, that is all that needs to be one. That

is all that can be done!

 

In this awareness, one can stare at the originating point of thoughts

and feelings and symbols and visions which rise in it, and see itself as

the source, not as a thought but as a well of being that perpetually

springs forth in itself and dissolves in itself never losing its

inherent quality of naturalness, sat-chit-ananda.

 

It is the essence of simplicity. Pure Being. That is what Sri Ramana

taught. To be aware of the "I AM" as feeling/awareness. That is the

direct practice. To be simply aware of yourself.

 

Spiritual practitioners seek complex and glamorous practices leading to

rich experiences and knowledge. This is good as well. All according to

one's inclinations.

 

But there are some who have consumed enough knowledge and enough

experiences and lose the desire for any of it. Spontaneously, the

directness of one's own awareness manifests as one's own self. One's Own

Self is the Self of all. One Heart. Same Heart. All Heart.

 

Love to all

Harsha