garbage of the mind HOPEFUL HELPFUL HINT TO ALL OF US WHO NEEDS IT

[Guest guest]

Dear friends in Harsha

garbage is garbage fullpoint

whats the use of modern terms recycling and so on

wonderful SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI was using EVERYTHING POSSIBLE JUST TO

SAVE FOR HIS FOLLOWERS unnececcary material means

RAMANA of course did not have to know the term recycling which in

itself if thought thoughtfully to end is just a sign where humans

have arrived....

in love and gratitude

michael

Keep your mind tidy

what a good wonderful idea

its not so difficult as dear gral-im-tee wrote

michael does it the following way

of course thoughts arise

first step

known thought? usually it is

GO AWAY LIKE THE CLOUD ON THE SKY

Negative and therefore poisoneus thought

MUST BE BURNED IN FIRE

IMAGINE THE FIRE AND THE THOUGHT BURNING

Néw thought very rare indeed`if at all

make a note to think about when there is peace and quit

thoughts of love peace tranquility

always welcome

all this has to happen in moments has to be practided till it becomes

a "routine" and afterwards be aware of not being an automat -

trap!!!

best "thing" imagine

TRANQUILITY

this has to be a "picture" suitable for each one as it suits himher

this picture has to be imagined and in due time tranlocated with

patience into the spiritual heart

it took me a long time when i discovered how and why and when

IT WORKS

just try your way

blessings to all

in Ramana

michael

>"gral_im_tee" <gral_im_tee (AT) (DOT) de>

>

>

> garbage of the mind

>Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:55:59 -0000

>

>

>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)

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Dear Michael,

 

you are quite right with the statement

"Garbage is garbage." - and Ramanas Story about it

was much more to the point than my little story,

of course. :-)))

 

I wrote with a little wink of the eye, that

may not have made its way through the internet as well

as i intended. Irony is difficult to handle in e-mails sometimes.

But at the bottom of the recyclingstory in every bucket i still found

truth enough to make it worth a posting.

So every stick has two ends,

at least in Duality.

 

The "modern" Recycling idea is of course a dualistic idea

far from the unique perfection of Non-Duality. You know

that in Germany the Name of the whole Recycling system

set up by government is "Dual-System-Germany" in fact!

 

Its a phantom of the mind itself and as such is a weak metaphor only.

 

But when we introduce a third term to reconcile duality

something wonderful might happen. The hidden third term in my example

was sattva "purity" which is a pointer to something higher than the

mind. As it points to Sat - "Truth" - it points to the self and hence

to the higher reality of the heart. Out of conflict it transforms

the fight of the opposites into a play of the gunas, a play which

itself can be still seen as an illusion, of course.

But for me this view brings things into a flow; things which have

been unreconcilable opposites before.

 

It was not my aim to propagate a "better" method than vichara,

but as i am inflicted in duality all the time i only wanted to express

my joy in seeing at least a little blinking light shining at the

heart of all the garbage always and everywhere.

 

So what it may come down to at the end of of the story

still is our beautiful questionmark:

 

who is throwing away any garbage ?

and who is there to recycle ?

 

:-))

 

Sat Nam

 

Martin

[Guest guest]

Glad to see you respond to Michael this way...

 

Wim

 

 

, "gral_im_tee"

<gral_im_tee> wrote:

>

> Dear Michael,

>

> you are quite right with the statement

> "Garbage is garbage." - and Ramanas Story about it

> was much more to the point than my little story,

> of course. :-)))

>

> I wrote with a little wink of the eye, that

> may not have made its way through the internet as well

> as i intended. Irony is difficult to handle in e-mails sometimes.

> But at the bottom of the recyclingstory in every bucket i still found

> truth enough to make it worth a posting.

> So every stick has two ends,

> at least in Duality.

>

> The "modern" Recycling idea is of course a dualistic idea

> far from the unique perfection of Non-Duality. You know

> that in Germany the Name of the whole Recycling system

> set up by government is "Dual-System-Germany" in fact!

>

> Its a phantom of the mind itself and as such is a weak metaphor only.

>

> But when we introduce a third term to reconcile duality

> something wonderful might happen. The hidden third term in my example

> was sattva "purity" which is a pointer to something higher than the

> mind. As it points to Sat - "Truth" - it points to the self and hence

> to the higher reality of the heart. Out of conflict it transforms

> the fight of the opposites into a play of the gunas, a play which

> itself can be still seen as an illusion, of course.

> But for me this view brings things into a flow; things which have

> been unreconcilable opposites before.

>

> It was not my aim to propagate a "better" method than vichara,

> but as i am inflicted in duality all the time i only wanted to express

> my joy in seeing at least a little blinking light shining at the

> heart of all the garbage always and everywhere.

>

> So what it may come down to at the end of of the story

> still is our beautiful questionmark:

>

> who is throwing away any garbage ?

> and who is there to recycle ?

>

> :-))

>

> Sat Nam

>

> Martin