Excerpts from "Practical guide...Pitfalls and deflections"

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Excerpts from A practical guide to know

yourself....Conversations with Ramana Maharshi.

 

Topic: Pitfalls and Deflections

 

Q: To say that the pure mind reflects the Truth seems

to contradict the statements that the Self is beyond

the mind, that the mind cannot know Brahman that is

beyond thought and speech.

 

Bhagawan: That is why they say that mind is

two-fold;there is the higher pure mind as well as the

lower impure mind. The impure mind cannot know it but

the pure knows. It does not mean that the pure mind

measures the immeasurable Self, the Brahman. It means

that the Self makes itself felt in the pure mind so

that even when you are in the midst of thoughts you

feel the presence, you realise the truth that you are

one with the deeper Self and that the thought-waves

are there only on the surface.

 

Q: That means the mano-nasa, the destruction of mind

or the ego you speak of is then not an absolute

destruction.

Bhagawan: yes. The mind gets clear of impurities and

becomes pure enough to reflect the truth, the real

Self. This is impossible when the ego is active and

asserive.

 

 

 

 

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