garbage of the mind

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Hello Harsha and all,

> Sri Ramana used to say as I vaguely recall that one need not

> analyze the

> contents of garbage in detail before throwing it away! :-). He was

> referring

> to the mind.

 

It is obvious that Ramana lived in a time

where the idea of recycling was not yet born ;-)

 

Today the mass of mind seems to be increasing to such an extent,

that we have to get used to the idea of sustaineable development

and hence to the idea of recycling!

 

So from now on we should not waste the thoughts by just dropping

puttin' them into the garbage! We need to recycle thoughts in order

to avoid toxic Wastes. So lets be mindful: If thinking becomes

unavoidable, please collect your wastead thoughts according to the

gunas:

 

one bucket tamas

one bucket rajas

one bucket sattva

 

After thinking be mindful and look if there is more tamas ore more

rajas. Either we take the rajas in a way that we can burn the tamas,

by using it as a fuel to adaequately burn it,

or we are taming the rajas be using tamas as a liquid to drop over

it. Refining it further there will be no tamas left anymore and no

rajas either, using this method.

 

Then there will be only left sattva!

 

Being mindful again we will become aware of the fact that sattvic

thoughts are so beautiful and "smell" so sweet that there is no need

to do anything with them. So they can circle through all three-

brained-beings without creating any harm or mischief. :-))

This is called sustainable Management of thoughts.

 

In fact you can let the sattvic thoughts pass and pecafully abide in

the truth - for the truth in the sattvic is the "SAT".

 

Keep your mind tidy

 

Sat Nam

 

Martin

Thoughts Recycling Inc.

Planet Earth

 

> Sri Ramana used to say as I vaguely recall that one need not

analyze the

> contents of garbage in detail before throwing it away! :-). He was

referring

> to the mind. This is radical nondualism. The Sage had a wonderful

sense of

> humor.

>

> Love to all

> Harsha

>

>

> -

> "Miles" <miles.wright@b...>

> "Ramana Maharshi" <RamanaMaharshi>

> Monday, December 13, 2004 8:20 AM

> [RamanaMaharshi] You are not the mind

>

> > It is the nature of the mind to wander. You are not the mind. The

mind

> > springs up and sinks down. It is impermanent, transitory, whereas

you are

> > eternal. There is nothing but the Self. To inhere in the Self is

the

> > thing.

> > Never mind the mind. If its source is sought, it will vanish

leaving the

> > Self unaffected.

> > ...

> > There is no mind to control if you realise the Self. The mind

vanishing,

> > the

> > Self shines forth. In the realised man the mind may be active or

inactive,

> > the Self alone remains for him. For the mind, the body and the

world are

> > not

> > separate from the Self. They rise from and sink into the Self.

They do not

> > remain apart from the Self. Can they be different from the Self?

Only be

> > aware of the Self. Why worry about these shadows? How do they

affect the

> > Self?

> >

> > (Talks; 97)