Wanderings of the mind - Ramana

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Let the mind go wherever it wants to go.

You don't have to pay any attention to all its wanderings.

Just be the Self and don't concern yourself with the

activities of the mind. If you take this attitude , the

activities and wanderings of the mind will become less

and less.

 

The mind only wanders around all day because you identify

with it and pay attention to all its activities.

If you could establish yourself as consciousness alone,

thoughts would no longer have any power to distract you.

When you have no interests in thoughts they fade away

as soon as they appear. Instead of attaching themselves

to other thoughts, which then spin off countless other

thoughts and ideas , they just appear for a second or two

and then vanish. One's vasanas* make thoughts arise.

Once they have arisen , they will repeat themselves in

regular chains and patterns again and again.

 

If you have any desires or attachments, thoughts about them

will be constantly appearing in the mind. You cannot fight

them because they thrive on the attention you give them .

If you try to repress them , you can only do it by giving

them attention. And that means identifying with the mind.

This method never works. You can only stop the flow of

thoughts by refusing to have any interest in it.

 

If you remain in the source , the Self, you can easily catch

each thought as it rises. If you don't catch the thoughts

as they rise , they sprout , become plants and , if you still

neglect them, they grow into great trees. Usually ,

the inattentive sadhaka** only catches his thoughts at

the tree stage.

 

If you can be continuously aware of each thought as it

rises , and if you can be so indifferent to it that it

doesn't sprout or flourish , you are well on the way

to escaping from the entanglements of the mind.

 

* vasanas = latent tendencies of the mind formed by

former actions , thoughts and desires

** sadhaka = spiritual aspirant

 

 

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Living by the Words of Bhagavan

David Godman

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With Love,

Cyber Dervish

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