Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 Lakshmana Swamy: .... The mind has to be still. When the mind is still there is bliss. If you can repeatedly dive into the Self by following the quest 'Who am I?', and abide there, this will lead to constant Self-abidance. Question: When I look into who I am, the mind becomes still. But only for the moment. After a few moments silence I find myself in the middle of thoughts again. Then I remember the self-enquiry again and become silent for a while. Then I forget again. It goes on like this all day long. Swamy: Yes, it is like this, but with more and more practice the mind becomes still. For me this world is a waking dream. If you are in this state, then there is no birth or death for you; or sleep. First look into yourself. Just sit every day for half an hour and look into the source of the 'I'. Ask yourself, 'What is the source of this 'I'?. Without thought there is bliss. Thought itself is pain. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Godman: No Mind, I am the Self ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2002 Report Share Posted October 9, 2002 I feel this is an important contribution .Once the philosophy of advaita has been understood - partial surrender taken place then what remains is practice as outlined here ..The ulimate solution ..Alan jacobs <HR> <html><body> <tt> Lakshmana Swamy: <BR> .... The mind has to be still. <BR> When the mind is still there is bliss. If you can <BR> repeatedly dive into the Self by following the quest <BR> 'Who am I?', and abide there, this will lead to constant <BR> Self-abidance. <BR> <BR> Question: <BR> When I look into who I am, the mind becomes still. <BR> But only for the moment. After a few moments silence <BR> I find myself in the middle of thoughts again. Then I <BR> remember the self-enquiry again and become silent <BR> for a while. Then I forget again. It goes on like this <BR> all day long. <BR> <BR> Swamy: <BR> Yes, it is like this, but with more and more practice the <BR> mind becomes still. <BR> For me this world is a waking dream. If you are in this <BR> state, then there is no birth or death for you; or sleep. <BR> First look into yourself. Just sit every day for half an <BR> hour and look into the source of the 'I'. Ask yourself, <BR> 'What is the source of this 'I'?. <BR> Without thought there is bliss. Thought itself is pain. <BR> <BR> <BR> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR> David Godman: No Mind, I am the Self<BR> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> </tt> <br> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> <td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b> Sponsor</b></font></td> </tr> <tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> <td align=center width=470><TABLE WIDTH=300 HEIGHT=250 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=center><font face=arial size=-2></font><br> <TR> <TD> <a href="http://rd./M=212804.2460941.3878106.2225242/D=egroupweb/S=1705060\ 955:HM/A=810327/R=0/*http://geocities./ps/info?.refer=blrecs" target=_top><IMG SRC="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ya/_geocities/lrec2b_1_01.jpg" WIDTH=185 HEIGHT=250 BORDER=0></a></TR></TD> <TD> <a href="http://rd./M=212804.2460941.3878106.2225242/D=egroupweb/S=1705060\ 955:HM/A=810327/R=1/*http://geocities./ps/info?.refer=blrecs" target=_top><IMG SRC="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ya/_geocities/lrec2b_2_02.gif" WIDTH=115 HEIGHT=250 BORDER=0></TD> </TR></a> </TABLE></td> </tr> <tr><td><img alt="" width=1 height=1 src="http://us.adserver./l?M=212804.2460941.3878106.2225242/D=egroupmai\ l/S=:HM/A=810327/rand=947820120"></td></tr> </table> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <br> <tt> <BR> Post message: RamanaMaharshi <BR> Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- <BR> Un: RamanaMaharshi- <BR> List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner <BR> <BR> Shortcut URL to this page:<BR> <a href="/community/RamanaMaharshi"> Terms of Service</a>.</tt> </br> </body></html> Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.''>http://uk.my.'>http://uk.my. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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