Guest guest Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Harsha, Thank you for writing this. This is probably the most beautiful, simple, and compassionate description of the relationship of the human/physical to the transcendent that I have ever read. Like Pieter's beautiful post yesterday or the day before, you remind us of the fullness of the heart, the gentleness of action, the light that shines through our words and actions as we turn to know more and more fully the nature of Self. Love, Jill On May 6, 2005, at 8:58 AM, Harsha wrote: > Sri Ramana once said to Madahva, his attendant, "I am not real > Madhava!" > Bhagavan often pointed out that if we take Ramana to be the body, it > is > a mistake. Ramana is the Heart, the Self which is of the nature of > consciousness, Existence, Bliss. It is the Bliss which is > Self-Knowing, > Self-Aware and free from sorrows. It is found in One's Own Self and > not > anywhere else. What is illusion? It must be something that stems from > Reality. What is individuality? It is that which arises from the Self. > So no need for resistance and no need to despise the mind or the ego > or > individuality for its limitations and weaknesses. It is simply the > nature of things. If we understand the nature of things and are > accepting of our divinity and humanity as equally natural then we do > not > create artificial barriers in our mind. Becoming gentle, both with > ourselves and with others, or at least having that perspective of > gentleness, allows us not to contend. A victory that is costly to > others > is not a victory. Real strength always lies in good humor, > forgiveness, > and readiness to embrace. Self is the ultimate form of nonviolence. > > A wave that rises high seems like it has become separate from the > ocean > but in fact always has its foundation and home in the ocean. The > nature > of water in the wave and ocean is the same. A wave rises high and > appears to become separate. The fear is in the separation, in the > individual becoming separate from the whole. Then after some time the > wave merges back. It is in that merging where the wave has started to > fall back on the ocean that the wave realizes the Truth. I am the > Ocean! > I have always been the Ocean! Similarly, the essence of the > individuality and the Self are the same. Mind rises from the Heart but > is never separate from it. It is always supported by the Heart and the > essence of the Heart permeates it as consciousness. Individuality > rises > from the Self and subsides back into it. On the merging of the mind in > the Heart arises a Self - Knowing which has always been present as the > undercurrent but now manifests to itself in full and overwhelming > force. Then the mind and the Heart become One and this Knowing Knows > It > Self fully and completely as the Self. The One without a second. > > > /join > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > Sri Ramana > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > > > /join > > > > > > "Love itself is the actual form of God." > > Sri Ramana > > In "Letters from Sri Ramanasramam" by Suri Nagamma > > > > Links > > • > / > > • > > > • Terms of > Service. > > Attachment: (text/enriched) [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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