Bhagavan's teachings #8

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We find Ramana laying great stress on the search within in his origianl work

'Ulladu Narpadu'. This is also the case in most of his conversations with the

disciples upto the mid-thirties when the guru disciple relationship, practically

on a one to one basis, was possible.

 

To enquire, silently and deeply, as to the source

Of the mind, the 'I'

Alone is self-enquiry.

Ideas like 'I am that, or 'I' am not this' are but aids.

The ego falls, crestfallen, when one enquires

'Who am I? and enter the Heart

Then another 'I'-'I' throbs unceasingly, by itself.

It is not the ego but the Self itself, the whole.

 

The importance of diving within seeking the source of the mind, of the 'I' is

stressed by Ramana in his 'Upadesa Saram':

 

Sinking the mind in the Heart, its source, is Karma, Bhakti, Yoga and Knowldege.

 

 

>From Timeless in Time by Natarajan