Issues raised in this interview

[Guest guest]

Q: Do you meditate?

T.S "I": Doesn't everyone?

 

Q: What do you meditate on?

T.S "I": The Self, but off the record I sometimes meditate on erotic images that

seem to appear in my mind.

 

Q: When you meditate on the Self, what exactly are you meditating on?

T.S "I": The "I Am" sense of conscious presence. The fact that I exist.

 

Q: You claim that you are meditating on the 'sense of conscious presence" but

consiousness must have an object(s) to know itself. So, what object(s) are you

meditating on?

Have you created a phanton ghost image to meditate on?

T.S "I": Just the Self.

 

Q: When you are meditating on the Self, do you see visions, hear sounds, have

any sensations of pain? Is the Self a thought in your mind? Do you sometimes

have tears in your eyes? Which chakra do you put your attention on? Or are you

in denial to align yourself with Sri Ramana's teaching?

T.S "I": Just the Self.

 

Q: If someone happens to turn on a light in your meditation space, are you aware of it?

If a loud noise appears during your meditation on the Self, are you aware of it?

Do you have any awarness of the touch points in your meditation on the Self?

i.e. discomfort in the kness, your back or neck area? Irritation in your eyes

etc?

T.S "I": Yes to all of the above.

 

 

Q: Then before the light or the noise appears or the other object(s) deliniated,

you must be aware of sounds of less impinging sensations i.e. light or darkness,

body sensations; when you are meditating on the Self? You seem to be trying to

take your attenion off all the present time objects in order to create the Self

phantom ghost object?

 

T.S "I": Because I am trying to meditate on the Self phanton ghost image to

attain moksha; so I ignore the lesser sensations.

 

Q: What is your goal in meditation?

T.S "I": Moksha, to realize the Self.

 

Q: What does that mean to you.

T.S "I": To know "Who I am" aside from this body mind.

 

Q: When you know "Who you are" what will you experience?

T.S "I": I will know that I am the "All' that I am God. That there is no longer

any separation of beings. That all will be "not two", as another member so

aptly characterized it.

 

Q: Sri Ramana and Nisargadatta both say you are the Self so why not accept it

and give up the quest for something that cant be acquired new?

T.S "I": Good idea. I now accept you are my living Guru

 

Q: Thank you for being candid.

T.S "I": It was my pleasure.