Guest guest Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Dear Ram , my approach is to follow the path of Karma Yoga and let Alan act appropriately in each situation without identifying with his body -mind as much as possible. If one stays in awareness and watches the mind- body acting you will find it behaves appropriately without hindrance from mental considerations .If one gets lost then just return to the "I amness' the sensastion of'I am Being-Here-Now- awareness ', 'I am Consciousness ', 'being here now -witnessing '.If one identifies -return again to the Self of Consciousness being awareness .Each time it will become easier to watch Consciousness playing at being Ram as an actor on the stage of life , without separation , and not being dragged by his thoughts and feelings .Sometimes identification can be lessened by keeping your attention on the right side of the chest ,or some part of the body-this brings onecloser to the Self.The Enquiry track may become easier as time goes on ..It is not necessary to lose interest if one remembers you are a Karma Yogi playing your predestined role as it was meant to be performed .Practice makes perfect.Anyway others may have better recipes and I hope you get plenty of feed back -it will help us all .Welcome to the Group , In His Grace , Alan > I just joined the group. > > We live in a hectic world which sucks up our attention. We lose composure > and abidance in the Self. Moreover, the ego battles and fools us into > diversions. > > Has anyone used any kind of personal method to keep oneself on track while > engaging the world? Any tactics? Any mechanisms? Do you put anything in > place that steers you correctly? > > I know that the answer would to ask oneself who is it that undergoes this > problem and jump back on track into atma vichar. I've done that. I found > myself losing interest in everything to the extent that one cannot engage > effectively in this world. I found myself avoiding and rejecting things. > Nevertheless, with worldly responsibilities one cannot afford that. > > I'm just curious to know how my fellow seekers approach this? > > Ram > > ========================================================= > > > On Wed, 21 May 2003 23:23:58 +0200, Gabriele Ebert <g.ebert wrote: > > > Like the diver who dives to recover what has fallen into deep water, > > controlling speach and breath and with a keen mind, one must dive into > > himself and find whence the 'I' emerges. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > S.S. Cohen > > ~~~~~~~~~ > > > > Discover the real source of the ego, by exploring within, with keen > > intellect, by regulating breath, speech and mind As one would do to > > recover a thing which has fallen into a deep well. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > A.R. Natarajan > > ~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > Post message: RamanaMaharshi > Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- > Un: RamanaMaharshi > List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi > > Your use of is subject to > > It's Samaritans' Week. Help Samaritans help others. Call 08709 000032 to give or donate online now at http://www.samaritans.org/support/donations.shtm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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