diving into the Heart by attending to the "I"

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204. Just as a pearl-diver ties a stone to his waist, dives and takes the fine

pearl lying at the bottom of the ocean, one should fasten upon the mind a stone

girdle of firm desirelessness (vairagya) and dive within oneself to take the

ancient pearl of Self, the original consciousness.

 

205. If a pearl-diver remains on the shore of the ocean waiting for the roaring

waves to subside, will he ever succeed in gathering pearls? If he plunges

through the waves on the surface and dives deep into the ocean with a heavy

stone tied to his waist, what waves will he find there in the depths?

(Similarly, if we steadfastly dive beneath the waves of thoughts into the depths

of our heart, by keenly attending to the consciousness "I", we will find that

there are no thoughts there to disturb us).

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>From the book, "A LIGHT ON THE TEACHING OF BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI ­ The

Essence of Spiritual Practice" (Sadhanai Saram). This his teaching presented as

a collection of Tamil poems and songs composed by Sri Sadhu Om, a direct

disciple of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.

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