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Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-20

 

From Surging Joy

By Dr Sarada Nataragan

 

" What is death if scrutinized? "

-Curing Mother's Fever, V. 2

Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

What constitutes the scrutiny of death? First of all, " For whom is

this death? " If I should ask myself this question, my answer would

be, " For me " . But, who am I? What is this " I " ? If this " I " is

attentively observed it will be discovered that it is a feeling of

existence combined with a sense of identity. " I am Sarada " – " I am "

or I exist, as " Sarada " , a given identity. But what happens to this

identity in deep sleep? In deep sleep one is not aware at all of

one's identity. For all practical purposes the " I " is good as dead

then. Where does it dissolve into to rise again only on waking? If

one consciously traces the " I " -thought to this source into which it

sets daily, one has discovered the meaning of death and life. For,

when one becomes aware of the source of the " I " -thought and (123)

abides there, then one has discovered one's own true immortal Self.

When this " I " -thought surrenders to the Lord, shining as the Self in

all beings, that is, when the " I " -thought dies, or dissolves

consciously into its source, the Self, then what remains is

immortality:

 

" For those who, out of fear of death,

Take refuge in the conqueror of Death,

The first to die is the " I " -thought.

Then, by nature they are immortal,

Can they ever again be assailed by the fear of death? " (124)

 

-Forty Verses on Reality, Prayer V. 2

Sri Ramana Maharshi

 

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