FW: [The_Sage_of_Arunachala] Why do you wish to meditate at all?

March 3, 2003

Liberation is our very nature. We are that. The very fact that we wish

for liberation shows that freedom from all bondage is our real nature.

That has not got to be freshly acquired. All that is necessary is to

get rid of the false notion that we are bound. When we achieve that,

there will be no desire or thought of any sort. So long as one desires

liberation, so long, you may take it, one is in bondage. (Day by Day

with Bhagavan; 24-12-45, Evening)

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"Miles Wright <ramana.bhakta (AT) virgin (DOT) net>" <ramana.bhakta (AT) virgin (DOT) net>

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 13:37:13 -0000

[The_Sage_of_Arunachala] Re: Why do you wish to meditate at all?

> Why do you wish to meditate at all? Because you wish to do so you

are told

> Atma samstham manah krtva (fixing the mind in the Self); why do you not

> remain as you are without meditating? What is that manah (mind)?

When all

> thoughts are eliminated it becomes Atma samstha (fixed in the Self).

> (from Talks; 294)

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om namo bhagavate sri ramanaya

"'Who am I?' is the best japa.

What could be more concrete than the Self? It is within each one's experience every moment."

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