RES: remember the 'I' thought and seek its source

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Ok, I have expressed my question in a wrong way..

 

In the book " Self Inquiry " ( p.4), we read Sri Ramana Maharshi saying:

" ... the thoughts that appear in the heart have as their basis the egoity

which is the first mental mode ‘I’, the cognition of the form ‘I

 

am the body’; thus, it is the rise of egoity that is the cause and source of

the rise of all other

 

thoughts; therefore, if the self-conceit of the form of egoity which is the

root of the illusory tree of

 

samsara (bondage consisting of transmigration) is destroyed, all other

thoughts will perish

 

completely like an uprooted tree. Whatever thoughts arise as obstacles to

one’s sadhana (spiritual

 

discipline) - the mind should not be allowed to go in their direction, but

should be made to rest in

 

one’s self which is the Atman; one should remain as witness to whatever

happens, adopting the

 

attitude ‘Let whatever strange things happen, happen; let us see!’ This

should be one’s practice. In

 

other words, one should not identify oneself with appearances; one should

never relinquish one’s

 

self. This is the proper means for destruction of the mind (manonasa) which

is of the nature of

 

seeing the body as self, and which is the cause of all the aforesaid

obstacles. "

 

So, if the I-thought is to be eliminated, who is that " I " ? Isnt the " I " , the

source of the thought, the Self??

 

I hope now I could put my question clearer..

 

Thank you

 

Cecilia

 

 

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De: Nisargadatta [Nisargadatta ]Em

nome de cerosoul

Enviada em: quinta-feira, 17 de maio de 2007 11:37

Para: Nisargadatta

Assunto: RES: Re: remember the 'I' thought and seek its

source

 

 

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> Nisargadatta , " Cecilia " <martone@> wrote:

> >

> > Hello

> >

> > I always understood the root-thought is Self..is it right? I got

> confused

> > now..

> >

> > Cecilia

>

 

P: The root-thought is also a thought, being confused

is a thought, too. Let attention dwell in what is not thought,

and where is confusion?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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