I AM : Ramana.

[Guest guest]

D.: What is this Self again?

 

M: The Self is known to everyone but

not clearly. You always exist. The Be-

ing is the Self.

 

'I am' is the name of God.

 

Of all the definitions of God,

none is indeed so well put as the

Biblical statement " I AM THAT I AM " in

EXODUS (Chap. 3). There ate other

statements, such as Brahmaivaham, Aham

Brahmasmi and Soham.

 

But none is so direct as the name

JEHOVAH = I AM The Absolute Being is

what is - It is the Self. It is God.

Knowing the Self, God is known.

 

 

In fact God is none other than the Self.

 

 

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D.: Is there thought in Samadhi? Or is

there not?

 

M: There will only be the feeling 'I

am' and no other thoughts.

 

D.: Is not ' I am' a thought?

 

M: The ego less 'I am' is not thought.

It is realisation. The meaning or

significance of 'I' is God. The

experience of 'I am' is to Be Still.

 

 

 

....

 

 

D.: In my meditation a blank

interposes; I see no figure.

 

M: Of course not.

 

 

D.: What about the blank?

 

M: Who sees the blank? You must be

there. There is consciousness

witnessing the blank.

 

 

D.: Does it mean that I must go deeper

and deeper?

 

M: Yes. There is no moment when you

are not.

 

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D.: On what should we meditate?

 

M: Who is the meditator? Ask the

question first. Remain as the

meditator. There is no need to meditate.

 

 

 

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D.: But the answer does not come for

the search inward.

 

M: The enquirer is the answer and no

other answer can come.

 

What comes afresh cannot be true. What

always is, is true.

 

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M: ....

 

Blankness is the evil result of

searching the mind. The mind must be

cut off, root and branch. See who the

thinker is, who the seeker is.

Abide as the thinker, the seeker. All

thoughts will disappear.

 

 

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