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M. When Sita was asked by the wives of the Rishis who was her

husband among the then assembled Rishis in the forest, she denied

each one as he by turn was pointed out to her, but simply

speechlessly hung down her head when Rama himself was pointed out.

Her silence was eloquent. The Vedas are similarly eloquent

in 'Neti', 'Neti', ('not this', 'not this') and then remain silent.

Their silence is the Real state. This is the meaning of teaching

through silence. When the source of the 'I-thought' is reached, it

vanishes and what remains over is the Self.

 

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M . Mouna is not closing the mouth. It is the state which

transcends speech and thought. Hold some concept firmly and trace it

back. By such concentration silence results. When practice becomes

natural it will end in silence. Meditation without mental activity

is silence.

 

Note. How to reach that state? One is through the neti method. Here

Bhagavan gives another method, namely, holding on to only one

thought, a single concept. By sticking to one thought, we will

attain mouna in all other thoughts. Constantly hopping from one

subject to another and not stopping for even a minute on a single

subject is the routine work of the mind, and if this butterfly-habit

can be curbed to a degree by chaining it to one subject - and one

only - it is in itself a great achievement; it will lead to the

eventual dropping of even the single concept, when the ultimate state

of absolute mouna or samadhi will result.

 

What Bhagavan means by tracing a thought back is to trace it to the

mind from which it has arisen, for thoughts can come from nowhere but

from the thinker himself. So that by tracing the thoughts to their

source the Self can be discovered.

 

- Ramana Maharshi

 

Hari Aum !!!