Guest guest Posted April 17, 2001 Report Share Posted April 17, 2001 Mr. Duncan Greelees: Through poetry, music, japa, bhajan, beautiful landscapes, reading the lives of spritual heroes, etc., one sometimes experiences a true sense of all-unity. Is that feeling of deep, blissful quiet (wherein the personal self has no place) the "entering into the Heart" of which Bhagavan speaks? Will practice of that lead to a deeper samadhi, and so ultimately to a full vision of the real? Sri Ramana Maharshi: Again, there is happiness at pleasant sights, etc. It is the happiness inherent in the Self. That happiness is not alien and afar. You are diving into the Pure Self on occasions, which you consider pleasureable. That diving reveals the Self-existent Bliss. But the association of ideas is responsible for foisting this Bliss onto other things or happenings. In fact, it is within you. On these occasions you are plunging into the Self, though unconsciously. If you do so consciously, you call it Realization. I want you to dive consciously into the Self, i.e., into the Heart. "Talks with Rammana Maharshi" ©2000 by Sri Ramanasramam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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