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.....one should remain as witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude ‘Let

whatever strange things happen, happen; let us see!’ This should be one’s

practice. In other words, one should not identify oneself with appearances; one

should never relinquish one’s self. This is the proper means for destruction

of the mind (manonasa) which is of the nature of seeing the body as self, and

which is the cause of all the aforesaid obstacles. This method which easily

destroys egoity deserves to be called devotion (bhakti), meditation (dhyana),

concentration (yoga), and knowledge (jñana). Because God remains of the

nature of the Self, shining as ‘I’ in the heart, because the scriptures declare

that thought itself is bondage, the best discipline is to stay quiescent without

ever forgetting Him (God, the Self), after resolving in Him the mind which is of

the form of the ‘I’-thought, no matter by what means. This is the conclusive

teaching of the Scriptures.

from Vichara Sangkirakam (A Compendium of Self-Enquiry)

Siva—Siva

 

 

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