Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 .. > > I feel elated to share with you [and, other sincere 'seekers', as well] the following 'message' > of our Master, as revealed to me. > "Constant vigilance is the price a seeker has to pay, in this path", said Sri Bhagavan. Thus, I > take the privilege of knocking > at the doors of seekers, even to the extent of disturbing you all ! Kindly bear with me. > > Love, > Ganesan. > > > * * * * * * * > * * * * > > > "TO BE" IS UNKNOWING THE KNOWN > > > > > > By V. Ganesan > > > > > > To remain 'as you are', unsullied by any thought, is the key to unknow the known. The known is > the accumulated, varied knowledge that one possesses. Knowledge thus is only the stored up > memory and memory is nothing but thoughts. Bereft of thoughts there can thus be no room for any > memory. In fact, thoughts nullified, the entire gamut of memory, desire, knowledge, dogma, > theory, judgment and derivative conclusions, all fall down helplessly, like the decoratively > arranged playing cards when blown up! > > > > Such nullification of thoughts, for an active mind, in the waking state, poses a stupendous, > perhaps, impossible task. If God were not impartially gracious to all mankind uniformly, it > would have remained an insurmountable hurdle. But fortunately, as Sri Bhagavan says, God is > great; God has given the deep sleep state to each and every living being; and in sleep > spontaneously one is completely denied of all forms of thought-activity. This is the experience > of every one of us, every night! So, to remain without thoughts is within the realm and reach > of every human being, is enacted without any concerted effort exerted by man, every night, in > his deep sleep. As Sri Bhagavan points out the only difference between waking and deep sleep > states is the appearance and dissolution of thoughts, respectively. With thoughts we are in the > field of the known and without thoughts (as in sleep) we are in the unknown realm. > > > > Yet, everyone longs to go to sleep; and also, one notices that one is recharged with energy to > meet fresh challenges, as it were, after having had sufficiently restful sound sleep. If the > state of the unknown be frightful, dangerous, unpleasant, will any one attempt to go to sleep? > The state of deep sleep is not only rewardingly pleasant but also richly re-energizing, as one's > experience every morning after waking up proves. Sri Bhagavan cites the example of a man with a > headache hurrying to get rid of it since he knew a state of no headache as a pleasant and > agreeable one. Likewise, man willingly chooses deep sleep state. Confronted with major > problems while awake he even takes medication to fall into undisturbed sleep! Therefore, it is > proved, a state of sleep as a willingly chosen restful state. Sri Bhagavan asks us to notice > this simple yet profound fact in life, which according to him opens the gates to perennial > Truth. > > > > Sleep is a state without any trace of even a single thought; and yet we all long to have it. > Rushing in, domination and sway of thoughts rule our waking state; and as such we hurry to get > rid of it in deep sleep. The state of thoughts is thus the domination of the known. Though the > state of sleep is the realm of the unknown, we experience stillness, quietude, happiness and > that is the sole reason why we ever long to slip into it, every night! One's sleep state > experientially proves one's conscious or even unconscious approval of it. The longing to be in > the unknown is undeniable since it is positively predominant in each one of us. Sleep thus is > the state where the known is instantaneously converted into an unknown one. The main difficulty > is the fact that one gets sleep only in the night and that too it overwhelms one unawares! > > > > So, how to unknow the known consciously? First of all, is there really a process of the > unknowing the known? > > > > Our Master, Bhagavan Sri Ramana confirms not only that it is possible and that there is a > process, but also says that it is the prime duty of mankind. He even affirms that not to do so > is a sheer waste of the precious lifetime granted to us by the gracious God. He also adds that > to do it is the easiest thing there can be! > > > > Recognizing the validity of sleep state and experientially, seriously noticing its texture as > different from the fiber of the waking state is a vital prerequisite. Also, He says one's > noticing the reality that whether it is waking state or a sleep state and whether one is > conscious of it or not, the one who notices is ever alive throughout these altering states of > experience is very important > > > > Next, Bhagavan states that the only process involved in it is to hold on to this aliveness to > which these two states come and go, like the movie pictures played on a white screen - the > screen is the basis which is true and the pictures that come and go on that screen are untrue. > > > > In sleep, though there is absence of thought-activity, still one is vibrantly alive. Of coarse, > in the waking state one is conscious that one is alive. So, whether there is activity or its > absence, one continues to be alive - to notice this simple fact is a true revelation. Sri > Bhagavan almost pleads with us that instead of our attention being caught up, locked up by the > passing and disturbing appearances of the waking and their total nullification in the sleep > states, if one pays total attention only to the liveness, beingness, I-AM-ness, the process of > unknowing the known spontaneously unravels itself. That is, in such attention the two facets of > oneself as the known and the unknown dissolve and the pure beingness, the Awareness per se alone > remains. > > > > This transcendental state of pure being, beyond the realms of the known and unknown is one's > true nature. The Maharshi prefers to name it as the Self, the Buddha calls it Nirvana, Jesus > Christ extols it as the Father and Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa worships it as the Mother. > > > > You are ever That! To be 'as you are' is to be ever That! > > > > Sri Bhagavan's glorious words "Simple being is the Self" explains it all! > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * > * * > > > > > > Thank you for doing your best, in attending on the AHAM people. They are doing very good > Ramana-service in USA. But, > > very much 'misunderstood' by vested interests, who continue to assert "Self-Enquiry is not the > ONLY Teaching of > > Bhagavan; He gave importance to all teachings" or "Mere intellectual grasp of His teaching of > Jnana Marga is enough; > > there is no need for any regulated form of practice" ! You will do well by lending your support > to them. Even during the > > lifetime of our Master, there existed 'forces' stating "Self-Enquiry is not for all". I feel it > my bounden duty to uphold > > that Self-Enquiry is the only direct Teaching of our Beloved Master and practice of it, again > and again, was what Bhagavan continued to emphasise. Please read Lord Buddha's Holy Words : > > > > FOUR RELIANCES OF LORD BUDDHA: > > > > 1. RELY on the message of the Teacher, and NOT on his personality; > > > > 2. RELY on the meaning, NOT just on the words; > > > > 3. RELY on the real meaning, NOT on the provisional, perepheral one; > > > > 4. RELY on your Wisdom mind, NOT on your ordinary, judgemental mind. > > > > === 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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