RE: garbage of the mind

[Guest guest]

10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Thank you dear Martin. Many good practical

points. According to yoga, sattva should be cultivated through the means of

pure food, nonviolence, and good company.

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Love to all

10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Harsha

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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

4:56 AM

[ - Ramana

Guru] 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

[Guest guest]

Hello Martin,

Another solution for the mind waste management would be not to think...

The same applies to physical garbage,'we already have all we need.

Advertising, marketing makes us want more', creates more garbage.

http://www.peterussell.com/TV/whatwant.ram

Audio track challenging some basic assumptions of the consumer culture.

by Peter Russell

Antoine

- gral_im_tee

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 timewhere 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

developmentand 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 tamasone

bucket rajasone bucket sattvaAfter 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 tidySat NamMartin

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)