Fwd: A.R. Natarajan - Forgetfulness and Remembrance

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ThePowerOfSilence , " viorica " <viorica@z...>

wrote:

 

All our problems could be said to arise from twin faults,

forgetfulness of our real nature and failure to remember it. What is

it that we have forgotten or failed to remember? The scriptures

assert emphatically and clearly out oneness with the Self. What does

it imply? It means that in essence we are ever free and

blissful. " There is nothing we do not posses as yet " . Nothing can be

added to make our cup of happiness fuller for we are brimming with

it. Not only we have forgotten this, but we are always relating some

tale of woe or the other. We feel bound by circumstances and quite

often we turn to God for satisfying something or the other in our

long and unending list of prayers. " Though greed is endless and life

is not " , we want to somehow fill the half filled jar of gold rather

than to enjoy the gold we already possess.

 

Ramana would never permit such meaningless mourning. He would

counsel that instead of " wailing inconsolably " labelling oneself as

a " sinner " , a " weakling " and so on, one should " zealously carry on

meditation on the Self " . Such meditation necessarily implies

awareness of one's inherent happiness independent of the external

situation.

 

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excerpt from chapter

Forgetfulness and Remembrance:

http://ramanamaharshi.info/Books/arn_the_silent_mind.html#pIIch6

 

 

 

http://ramanamaharshi.info/Books/arn_the_silent_mind.html

 

(The Silent Mind)

 

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