Who am I ? (cont..2)

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Sri Ramana Maharshi - Who am I ?

 

(continuation from yesterday's post)

 

Question: Will there be realization of the Self even while the world is there,and taken to be real ?

 

If the mind, which is the cause of all knowledge and all

actions, subsides, the perception of the world will cease. [ If one

perceives a rope, imagining it to be a snake ] perception of the

rope, which is the substratum, will not occur unless the perception

of the snake, which has been superimposed on it, goes. Similarly, the

perception of one's real nature, the substratum, will not be obtained

unless the perception of the world, which is a superimposition,

ceases.

 

Question: What is the nature of the mind ?

 

That which is called 'mind', which projects all thoughts, is an

awesome power existing within the Self, one's real nature. If we

discard all thoughts and look [ to see what remains when there are no

thoughts, it will be found that ] there is no such entity as mind

remaining seperate [ from those thoughts ]. Therefore, thought itself

is the nature of the mind. There is no such thing as 'the world'

independent of thoughts. There are no thoughts in deep sleep, and

there is no world. In waking and dream there are thoughts, and there

is also the world. Just as a spider emits the thread of a web from

within itself and withdraws it again into itself, in the same way the

mind projects the world from within itself and later reabsorbs it into

itself. When the mind emanates from the Self, the world appears.

Consequently, when the world appears, the Self is not seen, and when

the Self appears or shines, the world will not appear.

If one goes on examining the nature of the mind, it will

finally be discovered that [ what was taken to be ] the mind is

really only one's self. That which is called one's self is really

'Atman', one's real nature. The mind always depends for its existance

on something tangible. It cannot subsist by itself. It is the mind

that is called 'sukshma sarira' [ the subtle body ] or 'jiva' [ the

soul ].

........ to be continued.

 

(source : from Mr.Davidgodman web page)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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