the name 'I'

[Guest guest]

from Be As You Are:

 

 

Q: I am not learned in the scriptures and I find the method of

self-enquiry too hard for me. I am a woman with seven children

and a lot of household cares and it leaves me little time for

meditation. I request Bhagavan to give me some simpler and

easier method.

 

A: No learning or knowledge of scriptures is necessary to know

the Self, as no man requires a mirror to see himself. All

knowledge is required only to be given up eventually as not-Self.

Nor is household work or cares with children necessarily an

obstacle. If you can do nothing more at least continue sayng "I, I"

to yourself mentally as advised in Who Am I? '...if one incessantly

thinks "I, I". it will lead to that state[the Self].' Continue to repeat it

whatever work you may be doing, whether you are sitting,

standing, or walking. "I" is the name of God. It is the first and

greatest of all mantras. Even Om is second to it.

 

and...

 

 

Q: God seems to be known by many different names. Are any of

them justified?

 

A: Among the many thousands of names of God, no name suits

God, who abides in the Heart, devoid of thought, so truely, aptly,

and beautifully as the name "I" or 'I am'. Of all the known names

of God, the name of God 'I' - 'I' alone will resound triumphantly

when the ego is destroyed, rising as the silent supreme word

[mouna-para-vak] in the Heart-space of those whose attention is

Selfward-facing. Even if one unceasingly meditates upon that

name'I-I' with one's attention on the feeling 'I', it will take one and

plunge one into the source from which thought rises, destroying

the ego, the embryo, which is joined to the body.

 

Jai Ramana !!

[Guest guest]

Jai Shawn!

Shawn Hair [shawn (AT) withouraloha (DOT) com] Monday, May 10,

2004 10:55 PMSubject:

the name 'I'

from Be As You Are:Q: I am not learned in the scriptures and I find

the method of self-enquiry too hard for me. I am a woman with seven

children and a lot of household cares and it leaves me little time

for meditation. I request Bhagavan to give me some simpler and easier

method.A: No learning or knowledge of scriptures is necessary to know

the Self, as no man requires a mirror to see himself. All knowledge is

required only to be given up eventually as not-Self. Nor is household

work or cares with children necessarily an obstacle. If you can do

nothing more at least continue sayng "I, I" to yourself mentally as

advised in Who Am I? '...if one incessantly thinks "I, I". it will

lead to that state[the Self].' Continue to repeat it whatever work

you may be doing, whether you are sitting, standing, or walking. "I"

is the name of God. It is the first and greatest of all mantras. Even

Om is second to it.and...Q: God seems to be known by many different

names. Are any of them justified?A: Among the many thousands of

names of God, no name suits God, who abides in the Heart, devoid of

thought, so truely, aptly, and beautifully as the name "I" or 'I am'.

Of all the known names of God, the name of God 'I' - 'I' alone will

resound triumphantly when the ego is destroyed, rising as the silent

supreme word [mouna-para-vak] in the Heart-space of those whose

attention is Selfward-facing. Even if one unceasingly meditates upon

that name'I-I' with one's attention on the feeling 'I', it will take

one and plunge one into the source from which thought rises,

destroying the ego, the embryo, which is joined to the body.Jai

Ramana !!

[Guest guest]

Hey Shawn!

 

What a great quote from Be As you Are!

 

Thanks for posting it. (I won't repeat it here.)

 

And what an extremely droll email name you have!

 

All the best to you,

 

Warwick

[Guest guest]

, "Warwick Wakefield"

<formandsubstance@t...> wrote:

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> And what an extremely droll email name you have!

>

> All the best to you,

>

> Warwick

 

lol... yes, as you can see, I refrain from using the mind

unecessarily. ;7)

 

namaste and love to all,

 

Shawn