Fwd: Who am I ? (cont..2)

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, swathi dora <doraksp>

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Om Namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

 

Sri Ramana Maharshi - Who am I ?

 

(continuation from yesterday's post)

 

Question: Will there be realization of the Self even while the world

is there,and taken to be real ?

 

If the mind, which is the cause of all knowledge and all

actions, subsides, the perception of the world will cease. [ If one

perceives a rope, imagining it to be a snake ] perception of the

rope, which is the substratum, will not occur unless the perception

of the snake, which has been superimposed on it, goes. Similarly,

the perception of one's real nature, the substratum, will not be

obtained unless the perception of the world, which is a

superimposition, ceases.

 

Question: What is the nature of the mind ?

 

That which is called 'mind', which projects all thoughts, is

an awesome power existing within the Self, one's real nature. If we

discard all thoughts and look [ to see what remains when there are

no thoughts, it will be found that ] there is no such entity as mind

remaining seperate [ from those thoughts ]. Therefore, thought

itself is the nature of the mind. There is no such thing as 'the

world' independent of thoughts. There are no thoughts in deep sleep,

and there is no world. In waking and dream there are thoughts, and

there is also the world. Just as a spider emits the thread of a web

from within itself and withdraws it again into itself, in the same

way the mind projects the world from within itself and later

reabsorbs it into itself. When the mind emanates from the Self, the

world appears. Consequently, when the world appears, the Self is not

seen, and when the Self appears or shines, the world will not appear.

If one goes on examining the nature of the mind, it will

finally be discovered that [ what was taken to be ] the mind is

really only one's self. That which is called one's self is

really 'Atman', one's real nature. The mind always depends for its

existance on something tangible. It cannot subsist by itself. It is

the mind that is called 'sukshma sarira' [ the subtle body ]

or 'jiva' [ the soul ].

........ to be

continued.

 

(source : from Mr.Davidgodman web page)