VICHARA FOR THE RESTLESS MIND

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Dear David, I quite agree with everything you say on that approach.

 

Another alternative approach is Diving Into the Heart ,my own practice.With

breath restraint it is

excellent for the restless mind.The method cam be found in the Sat Darshana

Bhashya commentary on

verses 30,31 and 32.It is based on the Eki Sloka ,Ramana Gita II v 2.This Sloka

is engraved in

gold on basalt above Bhagavan's Couch in the new Hall in front of his Mother's[A

Videhe

Mukta]Samahdi .It appears in one form or another in most of his his written

works .I was told by

wise folk in Tiru that when you get to the bottom of the abyss you will find

nothing there .This

is because the practice is being done with the mind and is brain centered .But

doing it this way

sets up eventually a pattern on the right side of the chest[the door way of

entering the heart}

where the diving then takes then place directly into the Heart where the

Source

lies,spontaneously and effortlessly without breath restraint..Once found, the

ego topples .This

practice can be short or long depending on the extent of the vasanas etc.in

most cases it takes

years rather than months -but who knows and who cares? This practice cuts the

'granthi knot'to

which you refer in your first para .May Bhagavan's Boundless Grace be with all

those earnestly

practicing Atma Vichara-which ever way one may choose .Remember Self Enquiry

shpuld be practiced

with an untroubled mind -as satvic as possible.Surrender all problems to the

Self with faith

-first.Regards and best wishes, Alan

 

 

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> atma_vichara, Michael Mahlman

> <eclectic_mike> wrote: >The trick is to understand why

> the Who am I, self inquiry process works at all.

>

> Namaste Michael,

>

> A couple of thoughts on why the process works. From Sat

> Darshana Bashya in the Q&A section at the beginning,

> Bhagavan states:

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> Mon, 12 Jan 2004 19:03:23 -0000

> atma_vichara

> "dmcewen_1" <David.McEwen

> Re: vichara for the restless mind.

>

> atma_vichara, Michael Mahlman

> <eclectic_mike> wrote:

> >The trick is to understand why the Who am I, self inquiry process

> works at all.

>

> Namaste Michael,

>

> A couple of thoughts on why the process works. From Sat Darshana

> Bashya in the Q&A section at the beginning, Bhagavan states:

>

> "Between spirit and matter, the self and the body, there is born

> something which is called the Ahamkara, the ego-self, Jeeva, the

> living being. Now what you call your self is this ego-self which is

> different from the ever-conscious Self and from unconscious matter,

> but which at the same time partakes of the character of both spirit

> and matter Chetana and Jada. ...[T]he moment the ego-self trie to

> know itself, it changes its character; it begins to partake less and

> less of the Jada, in which it is absorbed, and more and more of the

> Consciousness of the Self, the Atman."

>

> And from Maharshi's Gospel, Bhagavan says:

>

> "Self-enquiry by following the clue of Aham-vritti is just like the

> dog tracing its master by his scent. The master may be at some

> distant, unknown place, but that does not at all stand in the way of

> the dog tracing him. The master's scent is an infallible clue for the

> animal, and nothing else, such as the dress he wears, or his build

> and stature etc., counts. To that scent the dog holds on

> undistractedly while searching for him, and finally it succeeds in

> tracing him.

> "Likewise in your quest for the Self, the one infallible clue is

> the Aham-vritti, the 'I-am'-ness which is the primary datum of your

> experience. No other clue can lead you direct to Self-realization."

>

> David

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