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28. When self-love, which is not a thought, forsakes its own real

nature of mere being and springs towards other things in the form of

desires, it becomes ever-moving thoughts. When love remains as the

thought-free love for Self instead of becoming thoughts in the form

of desires for other things, that state of Self-abidance is true

tapas (austerities or severe spiritual discipline).

 

29. This original love for Self, which has now become the three

desires, will cease to assume the form of thoughts and will remain as

supreme bliss only by means of Self-realization, the state in which

one sees all the five elements and the entire world constituted by

those elements, as not other than oneself.

 

Note: The three basic human desires are: (1) the desire for

relationships (uravu-asai), that is, the desire for relatives, wife,

husband, children, friends or any kind of human relationship, whether

sensual, emotional or otherwise; (2) the desire for possessions in

any form whatsoever (porul-asai); and (3) the desire for praise, that

is, the desire for fame, honor, esteem or any kind of appreciation

from others (puhazh-asai).

 

-- Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

Hari Aum !!!