Guest guest Posted January 24, 2001 Report Share Posted January 24, 2001 ***************** from ********************* " A Practical Guide to Know Yourself" Conversations with Ramana Maharshi Compiled and Edited by A.R.Natarajan ********************************************** The Natural State *** Once Ramaswami Pillai searched for a key. After sometime he found it. Maharshi : The key was in its usual place. It was not lost. Only his memory of it was not there. The Self is everywhere. Not being aware of this due to forgetfulness of our real nature , we keep searching for it. *** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Thanks, Like searching for your specs while wearing your specs to aid the search. Miles ---------------------------- ***************** from ********************* " A Practical Guide to Know Yourself" Conversations with Ramana Maharshi Compiled and Edited by A.R.Natarajan ********************************************** The Natural State *** Once Ramaswami Pillai searched for a key. After sometime he found it. Maharshi : The key was in its usual place. It was not lost. Only his memory of it was not there. The Self is everywhere. Not being aware of this due to forgetfulness of our real nature , we keep searching for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2001 Report Share Posted January 25, 2001 Also like the Sufi tale of the diamond merchant and the theif. Briefly, a diamond merchant had the task of conveying a very valuable diamond to a distant village, and the only way to get there was by train, but the merchant knew that a very skillful pickpocket would be traveling on the same train. Well, the diamond merchant was pretty smart, and during the train ride, the pickpocket was trying all of his tricks with no success. Finally as they both were disembarking from the train, the pickpocket confessed to the merchant that he was a very skillful pickpocket and that he had tried all of his tricks, but he was stumped. Where did the diamond merchant hide the diamond? Upon hearing this earnest query, the diamond merchant reached into the pickpocket's pocket and pulled out the diamond. He said "I hid it in the place you were least likely to look." Love, Mark ps I know that's not a Maharshi story, but it is the same story, I think. It's all the same story, but oh, the wonder of the many ways to tell it! Miles Wright wrote: > Thanks, > > Like searching for your specs while wearing your specs to aid the > search. > > Miles > > ---------------------------- > > ***************** from ********************* > " A Practical Guide to Know Yourself" > Conversations with Ramana Maharshi > > Compiled and Edited by A.R.Natarajan > ********************************************** > > > The Natural State > > *** > Once Ramaswami Pillai searched for a key. After sometime he found it. > > Maharshi : > > The key was in its usual place. It was not lost. > Only his memory of it was not there. The Self is everywhere. > > Not being aware of this due to forgetfulness of our real > nature , > we keep searching for it. > > > > > > > > eGroups Sponsor > > > Post message: RamanaMaharshi > Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- > Un: RamanaMaharshi- > List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > /community/RamanaMaharshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2001 Report Share Posted January 27, 2001 Hello Mark & Everybody Speaking of stories : I found a beautiful story someplace on the Internet that belongs to Ramana . I would like to send it to you all, Shanti, < I learned someting new !!> Vicki. ############################################################## Spiritual Stories as told by Ramana Maharshi Enter the heart ============ A devotee who had suddenly lost his only son came to Bhagavan in a state of acute grief, seeking relief. He asked a few questions in which he grief was evident. Bhagavan as usual asked him to enquire into the Self and find out who is grieving. The devotee was not satisfied. Bhagavan then said, "All right. I will tell you a story from Vichara Sagaram. Listen". Two youngsters by name Rama and Krishna, told their respective parents that they would go to foreign countries to prosecute further studies and then earn a lot of money. After some time, one of them died suddenly. The other studied well, earned a lot and was living happily, Some time later the on that was alive requested a merchant who was going to his native place to tell his father that he was wealthy and happy and that the other boy who had come with him had passed away. Instead of passing on the information correctly, the merchant told the father of the person that was alive, that his son was dead, and the father of the person that was dead, that his son had earned a lot of money and was living happily. The parents of the person that was actually dead, were happy in the thought that their son would come back after some time, while the parents of the person whose son was alive, but was reported to be dead, were in grief. In fact, neither of them saw their son but they wer! e experiencing happiness or grief according to the reports they received. That is all. We too are similarly situated. We believe all sorts of things that the mind tells us and get deluded into thinking that what exists does not exist and that what does not exist exists. If we do not believe the mind but enter the heart and see the son that is inside, there is no need to see the children outside. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <mark.otter <RamanaMaharshi > Thursday, January 25, 2001 8:16 PM Re: [RamanaMaharshi] Once Ramaswami Pillai searched for a key > Also like the Sufi tale of the diamond merchant and the theif. Briefly, > a diamond merchant had the task of conveying a very valuable diamond to > a distant village, and the only way to get there was by train, but the > merchant knew that a very skillful pickpocket would be traveling on the > same train. Well, the diamond merchant was pretty smart, and during the > train ride, the pickpocket was trying all of his tricks with no > success. Finally as they both were disembarking from the train, the > pickpocket confessed to the merchant that he was a very skillful > pickpocket and that he had tried all of his tricks, but he was stumped. > Where did the diamond merchant hide the diamond? Upon hearing this > earnest query, the diamond merchant reached into the pickpocket's pocket > and pulled out the diamond. He said "I hid it in the place you were > least likely to look." > > Love, Mark > ps I know that's not a Maharshi story, but it is the same story, I > think. It's all the same story, but oh, the wonder of the many ways to > tell it! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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