Guest guest Posted November 29, 2004 Report Share Posted November 29, 2004 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Beyond yoga (Continued) Page 44 > > The Maharshi asked his attendant for a small notebook, but the latter could > not find a suitable one. A couple of days later, Mr. Nambiar, a local > government engineer, visited the Ashram and produced a fine notebook > saying, "Maharshi appeared to me in a dream and asked for a notebook of > this size, so I have brought one." The Maharshi took it with a smile. > Later, he used it to write a Malayalam translation of Rama Gita, which was > printed by Nambiar at his own cost. > > M: People run the course of their samskaras (mental impressions). When > taught that they are the Self, the teaching affects the mind and the > imagination runs riot. Their occult experiences are only according to > their imagination of the state, "I am the Self." But when a person is > ripe, and the mind is about to be sunk into the Heart, the instruction > given works in a flash and the person realizes the Self, otherwise there is > struggle. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > From the book, "Conscious Immortality" by Paul Brunton and Munagala > Venkataramiah, published by Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, South India. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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