Guest guest Posted March 9, 2004 Report Share Posted March 9, 2004 Dear Friends , I enclose copies of some of Sri V.Ganesan's correspondence with he has given me permission to share with you all .Regards,Alan Dear Sri Jim Watkins ! > > Pranams. > > Thank you for writing about you. 'Sharing' with like-minded seekers is a "forte" to strenghten > one's deeper understanding > (feeling-wise) of Reality ! > > "Constant", 'all the time', 'always', 'ever' -- these words (with reference to sadhana) are > 'virus' words, a seeker has immediately to "clear off" (like, in a computer) from one's system, > once it is noticed ! Very dangerous, indeed ! They are, actually, projected by the 'mind', > whose essence is "Time". The Self, in each one of us, is the NOW. The I AM is the NOW. The > Silence is the NOW ! > Turning to the NOW is called "turning within". Do it ! And, then see whether the 'virus' word > 'Constant' can put out its hood, at all ! > Have faith in yourself. You are GOD ! "Who else can say 'I AM', except God?" asserts our > Beloved Master ! > > For your reading pleasure and clarification, I send my response to another serious seeker's > query : > __ > > > Dear Sri Ganesan, > Thank you for the positive response concerning my > meeting you. I cannot help but feel that we are very > much kindred spirits and Sri Ramana is our focal > point. > Today i have had a rare day off and have been > mentally/spiritually there at Arunachala all day long. > I am looking so forward to being there bodily soon! > In the west we have to run, run, run constantly to > stay ahead of things. I know that Bhagavan said that > one can stay in active life and yet constantly do > Self-Inquiry. This is what is so hard for me. > As you stated in your letter that some are trying to > say He approved of the lesser paths. Only ones who > are drawn to those paths would see it that way. It > doesn't take much investigation to know what He placed > highest emphasis on. I have heard that He always > started with the highest teaching and worked down to > the one the soul could accept. > So my biggest stumbling block is that i am unable to > keep CONSTANT inquiry going over here. I hope some > day to be able to spend some length of time there in > unbroken practice. With Sri Bhagavan's blessings i > will. Today i have felt His presence with me in a > large measure. The peace and stillness has been > wonderful. He truly walks with me as i am sure He > does with you! How fortunate we are to be so close to > Infinite Bliss as Sri Bhagavan!!! > I got a letter from Sri Sridhar saying he does have > the booklet. I will get it from him soon. Thank you. > It sounds like exactly what i need now. > It will be very good to meet you soon and i am sure > the satsang will be high quality. > I can go within and walk the area you are in and > visit all the holy sites associated with Sri Ramana at > will. It is very nice to sit in Georgia and meditate > in Bhagavan's room at Skandashram. > Will write later. I am going to another state to > work for 3 wks. and don't know how computer access > will be. > All the best from here. > OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SRI RAMANAYA! Jim > > > > > Dear Friend Zoya ! > > Pranams. > > Have you -- a sincere, serious seeker -- also fallen into the 'trap' of the mind, which > relentlessly projects this 'issue' of "so difficult to practise Self-Enquiry" ? "Be a dheera > (the courageous)", commands Bhagavan Ramana. One is deemed 'courageous' when one > "dives within". Instead of 'doing' it -- look, even the non-existent 'mind' relentlessly > projects the non-truth, should you not be taking shelter under the Self [within you] and also > hold on, "relentlessly", to the Reality -- why cry wolf, wolf ? Please go within, having > faith in the holy words of the Great Master. Please, make an effort to drop from your 'computer > [brain] vocabulary' the 'ugly' word > "difficult". Nothing is impossible, when one turns within to the Self, which is the Source, > from which all that is seen outside as creations, have emanated, including one's mind which > projects the "feeling" of 'difficulty' ! > > Do read the following sacred words of our Beloved Master : > > > * * * * * * > * * * * * * > > Dear Sri. Ganesan: > > Thank you for the wonderful emails. I am very glad your health is improving. Please do go for > walks and keep active to get your heart working slowly. I have a degree in exercise therapy and > thus I know a little thing here and there. > > The question that often arises to my mind is why is it so difficult to practice self inquiry? > > Apart from that, I have been diagnosed with manic depression and the doctor tells me I have to > go on medication for the rest of my life. Because of this I have developed depression. How to > deal with this is a big issue in my life right now... > > These two issues are enough for now. I should avoid giving you additonal troubles. > > With love and admiration, > Zoya. > > > > > > -- > Post your free ad now! Canada Personals > > > Miss Merston asked : I have read Who Am I ? While inquiring who the 'I' is, I > cannot hold it for > any length of time. Secondly, I have no interest in the environment, but yet I > have hopes that I shall > find some interest in life. > > M.: If there are no interests, it is good. [The interpreter points out that the > questioner hopes to find some > interest in life.] > > M.: That means there are those vasanas [latent tendencies]. A dreamer dreams a > dream. He sees the > dream world with pleasures, pains, etc. But, he wakes up and then loses all > interest in the dream world. > So it is with the waking world also. Just as the dream world, being only part > of yourself and not > different from you, ceases to interest you, so also the present world would > cease to interest you if you > awake from this waking world [samsara] and realise that it is a part of > yourself, and not an > objective reality. Because you think that you are apart from the objects around > you, you desire > a thing. But if you understand that the thing was only a thought-form, you > would no longer desire it. > > All things are like bubbles on water. You are the water and the objects are the > bubbles. They cannot > exist apart from the water; but, they are not quite the same as the water. > > D.: I feel I am like froth. > > M.: Cease that identification with the unreal and know your real identity. Then, > you will be firm and > no doubts can arise. > > D.: But I am the froth. > > M.: Because you think that way there is worry. It is a wrong imagination. Accept > your true identity with > the Real. Be the water and not the froth. That is done by diving in. > > D.: If I dive in, I shall find........... > > M.: But even without diving in, you are That only. The ideas of exterior and > interior exist only so long as > you do not accept your real identity. > > D.: But I took the idea from you that you want me to dive in. > > M.: Yes, quite right. It was said because you are identifying yourself with the > froth and not the water. > Because of this confusion the answer was meant to draw your attention to this > confusion and bring it > home to you. All that is meant is that the Self is infinite inclusive of all > that you see. There is nothing > beyond It, nor apart from It. Knowing this, you will not desire anything; not > desiring, you will be content. > > The Self is always realised. There is no seeking to realise what is already -- > always -- realised. For, > you cannot deny your own existence. That existence is Consciousness -- the > Self. > > Unless you exist, you cannot ask questions. So, you must admit your own > existence. That existence > is the Self. It is already realised. Therefore, the effort to realise results > only in your realising your > present mistake -- that you have not realised your Self. There is no fresh > Realisation. > The Self becomes revealed; that's all ! > > D.: That will take some years. > > M.: Why years ? The idea of time is only in your mind. It is not in the Self. > There is no time for the Self. > Time arises as an idea after the ego arises. But you are the Self beyond time > and space; you exist > even in the absence of time and space [as in deep sleep]. > > ------------- Talks With Sri Ramana Maharshi, pp.588-89. > > * * * * * > * * * * * > > With regard to your second query: Lack of faith in oneself, perhaps, is the cause for > 'depression'. === message truncated === ===== alan _________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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