[NamoRamana] Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-72

September 28, 2006

Hi, thanks for your help on the quest.. I wish the attributions were more

specific on your posts.. Also, you might consider not posting to both

namoramana and ramanamaharshi groups, as those of us who receive sent email

messages then get two copies of each post..

Aloha,

Tom

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"saikali6362" <saikali6362 >

Thursday, September 28, 2006 11:01 AM

[NamoRamana] Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-72

> Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-72

>

> The finding of the source and holding on to it is the beginning, end

> and purpose of Self-enquiry. The precise method is simple and well

> known: When thoughts arise, one does not allow them to develop, one

> asks oneself the words, "To whom do these thoughts occur?" and the

> answer is "to me," and then the question occurs, "then who am I?"

> What is this thing in me which I keep calling I?" By doing this

> practice one is shifting attention from the world of thoughts to the

> being from where the thought and the thinker first emerged. The

> transfer of attention is simply executed, because if one holds on to

> the feeling "I am" the initial thought of "I" will gradually give

> way to a feeling of "I", and then sooner or later, this feeling "I

> am" will merge into being itself, to a state where there is no

> longer either a thinker of the thought "I", or a feeler of the

> feeling "I am"; there will only be being itself. This the stage

> where attention to the feeling "I am" has merged with the being from

> where it came, so that there is no longer the dualistic distinction

> of a person giving attention to the feeling "I am". There is only

> being and awareness of being.

>

> Spiritual practice consists of withdrawal into the Self every time

> you are disturbed by thought. It is not concentration or

> destruction of the mind, but withdrawal into the Self.

>

> Source: Various reliable publications of / on Sri Ramana Maharshi's

> teachings.

>

> Discussion Group: MillionPaths

>

September 29, 2006

Over the years I have collected information, and continue to do so, from Sri Ramanasramam publications from the teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi that is helpful on the Quest for Self-Realization. Since it was for personal use, I did not specify the sources. The sources of SOME of the postings from this information were not specified. The sources included books and commentaries by David Godman, Arthur Osborne, Murugunar, S. S. Cohen, A. R. Natarajan, Sadhu Om, Lakshman Sarma (WHO), T. M. Mahadevan, Devaraja Mudaliar, Dr Sarada Natarajan, Swaminathan, The Mountain Path, to name some.

As for posting the same posts on both the NamoRamana and RamanaMahrashi groups, they are intended to be shared with those who are members in one of these groups and not in the other. I hope it is not too much of an inconveience.

Saikali

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