The Path of Sri Ramana by Sadhu Om

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Sir,

I think most of you who are interested in Ramana's technique of

self enquiry have read Sadhu Om's book dealing with the subject of

self enquiry. He says in the chapter devoted to self enquiry that

there is'nt much point in endlessly waiting for a thought to surface

and then hurling the question "for whom is this thought?,to me "and

so on.According to him it not the way to do atma vichara.If I

understand him correctly,he say one should be focused on the 'I'

consciousness or the first person. Accordiong to him the 'I'

consciousness is nothing but the ego consciousness. The I feeling we

experience everyday.The central I thought.So I have concluded that

the 'I' consciousness is being aware of the feeling of being.In this

state thoughts may arise but you remain focussed on your sense of

being.When a thought distracts one to such an extent that one loses

track of the feeling of being or the 'I' feeling then I think one

should use the question 'for whom is this thought?' This is the

conclusion I have drawn according to my understanding.Any way I could

be wrong. I want people who have read this chapter on self attention

to share with this group their views on this matter. I am still

groping in the dark unable to gain a proper understanding of the

Ramana way. I read A.R Natarajan's 'THE NEW DAWN" but although I

enjoyed reading the book I can't say I gained anything of real value

from it.Any way don't get me wrong some may find his book really

helpful.It is just an opinion and I could be wrong.I am an earnest

seeker and I could use some help from those who are a ahead of me on

the path.

Yours in Bhagavan

alakeshwar

 

 

 

 

 

any

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, "alakeshwar"

<alakeshwar> wrote:

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> Sir,

> I think most of you who are interested in Ramana's technique

of

 

Namaste A,

 

Seems to me you are using your conscious ego mind to find something

that is more akin to emotional. The "I" we look for is a feeling of

being, a feeling that is it. A child talks in the third person and

is operating on emotion, and action/reaction.

You can never find what doesn't exist just concenrate on the

feeling. As the song goes 'I'm hooked on a feeling'.

IMHO...ONS..Tony.

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, "alakeshwar" <alakeshwar> wrote:

>

> Sir,

> I think most of you who are interested in Ramana's technique of

> self enquiry have read Sadhu Om's book dealing with the subject of

> self enquiry. He says in the chapter devoted to self enquiry that

> there is'nt much point in endlessly waiting for a thought to surface

> and then hurling the question "for whom is this thought?,to me "and

> so on.According to him it not the way to do atma vichara.If I

> understand him correctly,he say one should be focused on the 'I'

> consciousness or the first person. Accordiong to him the 'I'

> consciousness is nothing but the ego consciousness. The I feeling we

> experience everyday.The central I thought.So I have concluded that

> the 'I' consciousness is being aware of the feeling of being.In this

> state thoughts may arise but you remain focussed on your sense of

> being.

 

 

Yes, this "remaining focussed on the sence of being" is the same as asking "to

whom the

thought arrises"- it is just more subtle and not neccesarily verbal. But then

when focussed

on the sense of being, the intention is to find the sorce of this feeling.

 

~Shawn

 

 

 

 

 

When a thought distracts one to such an extent that one loses

> track of the feeling of being or the 'I' feeling then I think one

> should use the question 'for whom is this thought?' This is the

> conclusion I have drawn according to my understanding.Any way I could

> be wrong. I want people who have read this chapter on self attention

> to share with this group their views on this matter. I am still

> groping in the dark unable to gain a proper understanding of the

> Ramana way. I read A.R Natarajan's 'THE NEW DAWN" but although I

> enjoyed reading the book I can't say I gained anything of real value

> from it.Any way don't get me wrong some may find his book really

> helpful.It is just an opinion and I could be wrong.I am an earnest

> seeker and I could use some help from those who are a ahead of me on

> the path.

> Yours in Bhagavan

> alakeshwar

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> any