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July 25, 2006

ThePowerOfSilence , " saikali6362 "

<saikali6362 wrote:

Help on the Quest for Self-realization-Reminders-28

Self-enquiry

The necessity of self-enquiry

1 Unless you enquire, within yourself, through yourself, into

yourself, it will be impossible for you to become one with your Self.

2 Except for true jnana-vichara [self-enquiry], there is no other

effective means of attaining the state of supreme bliss.

3 Until one enquires into and knows one's real nature, the

agitation experienced by the mind will not cease.

4 Those who do not realize their real nature by careful enquiry

cannot gain bliss, the Prasad of the mind.

5 For your true state to merge in your Heart as your own nature,

you must enquire and know that true state. This is the only way.

6 Those who leave the path of self-enquiry, the way of liberation,

and wander off along the myriad forest tracks, will encounter only

confusion.

The " myriad forest tracks " are all the other spiritual practices

except self-enquiry.

7* The state of Self is reached by going back the way one came.

Whichever other paths one travels on, it has to take you here and

take refuge here.

The word " here " in this verse can refer either to the Self or to the

path of self-enquiry. Bhagavan said on many occasions that " going

back the way one came " is self-enquiry, meaning, the mind has to

return to the source via the route it rose through. He also noted

that all other spiritual paths eventually merge into enquiry. This

is implied in the words " Whichever other path one travels on " .

Bhagavan: This path [attention to the " I " ] is the direct path; all

others are indirect ways. The first leads to the Self, the others

elsewhere. And even if the latter do arrive at the Self it is only

because they lead at the end to the first path which ultimately

carries them to the goal. So, in the end, the aspirants must adopt

the first path. Why not do so now? Why waste time?

FROM " PADAMALAI " , TEACHINGS OF SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI, EDITED BY DAVID

GODMAN, PAGES 200 AND 201

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