Guest guest Posted August 28, 2001 Report Share Posted August 28, 2001 Thanx Vicky. I am immensely enjoying these words...when I needed it the most.. Really grateful and with a lot of good will... Sunil RamanaMaharshi, "Viorica Weissman" <viorica@z...> wrote: > > > Let the mind go wherever it wants to go. > You don't have to pay any attention to all its wanderings. > Just be the Self and don't concern yourself with the > activities of the mind. If you take this attitude , the > activities and wanderings of the mind will become less > and less. > > The mind only wanders around all day because you identify > with it and pay attention to all its activities. > If you could establish yourself as consciousness alone, > thoughts would no longer have any power to distract you. > When you have no interests in thoughts they fade away > as soon as they appear. Instead of attaching themselves > to other thoughts, which then spin off countless other > thoughts and ideas , they just appear for a second or two > and then vanish. One's vasanas* make thoughts arise. > Once they have arisen , they will repeat theselves in > regular chains and patterns again and again. > > If you have any desires or attachments, thoughts about them > will be constantly appearing in the mind. You cannot fight > them because they thrive on the attention you give them . > If you try to repress them , you can only do it by giving > them attention. And that means identifying with the mind. > This method never works. You can only stop the flow of > thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it. > > If you remain in the source , the Self, you can easily catch > each thought as it rises. If you don't catch the thoughts > as they rise , they sprout , become plants and , if you still > neglect them, they grow into great trees. Usually , > the inattentive sadhaka** only catches his thoughts at > the tree stage. > > If you can be continuously aware of each thought as it > rises , and if you can be so indifferent to it that it > doesn't sprout or flourish , you are well on the way > to escaping from the entanglements of the mind. > > * vasanas = latent tendencies of the mind formed by > former actions , thoughts and desires > ** sadhaka = spiritual aspirant > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Living by the Words of Bhagavan > David Godman > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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