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Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 Dear Alamelu, I am not sure if I understood your question correctly but will give it a shot. When I started atma vichara it was done while sitting exclusively in meditation like you mentioned. It (The Vichara) did not stop there but continued when I was doing the daily chores (cooking,working,etc). It was a constant undercurrent on which the rest of the worldy work was done. When any sense of peace was felt, it was an added incentive to continue with the vichara. The mind asked the question "who is expereincing this peace"? The duality still persists, hence vichara still continues. The change now is the mind is comparatively rested and acceptance of things as is comes easily. Hope you are settled into your new role as a wife. :-).Hope this answers your question, if not please excuse me. love Yamini --- alamelu meiyappan <gururamanan wrote: > Dear one and all... > Last weak i practised who iam for some > 15 minutes ... though i found it difficult to sit > after those 15 minutes of atma vichara ... > my mind was very much cllear and found myself > charged up... > is this the case with everyone who follow this > path? > though i experienced some unexplainable > peace.. > even after knowing the benefit i don't sit regularly > > for atma vichara... > can any one of u kindly help me with this > regard? > Arunachala Ramanan Thunai > alamelu meiyappan > > India Education Special: Study in the UK now. Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes./filing.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 RamanaMaharshi, alamelu meiyappan <gururamanan> wrote: > Dear one and all... > Last weak i practised who iam for some 15 minutes ... though i found it difficult to sit after those 15 minutes of atma vichara ... > my mind was very much cllear and found myself charged up... > is this the case with everyone who follow this path? > though i experienced some unexplainable peace.. Was/is the i who experienced some unexpainable peace your personal/egoic/individual self or some other/more real you? My experience is that the question Who am I? leads one to recognize the difference between a personal/egoic self/personality and the real or true me. When you ask Who am I? you may hear, say, think - me! I am me! Then you ask Who is this me? Who are you? or Who am I as this me? Am I this me? etc. When you recognize that this separate, little, independent, isolated, personal/egoic me is not you - just something that you own and use, and you might stop taking it seriously and/or cease believing in it's value, importance or even it's existance! If all goes well, you will simultaneously realize, FEEL, know, or become THAT which you are and always were, way before the creation of you imaginary little egoic self way back in early childhood. Hope this brief comment helps you see the point and goal of self-inquiry which is to separate your little ego self from the real you long enough to fully get it that you are you and never were a little egoic person as you may have always believed. jim > even after knowing the benefit i don't sit regularly > for atma vichara... same here....just ask who is it that sits or doesn't sit? The answer will be: Me! I don't/do sit! Then ask who or what is this me/I that doesn't/does sit? when you see/feel/know that you are not the egoic/person - you will be or remember your true identiy. jim > can any one of u kindly help me with this regard? > Arunachala Ramanan Thunai > alamelu meiyappan > > India Education Special: Study in the UK now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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