Saddhu Arunachala-the permanent behind the impermanent .

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The same truth is behind all. What then is the

solution, seeing that everything has no

permanency and is only an appearance ?

This , Bhagavan taught , also applies

to our bodies and even our egos , which by us

are thought to be all-important , but now we find

them discarded as fleeting shadows.

 

There is , however , no need to be despondent ,

for behind even the most fleeting appearance

there must be something to appear .

We jump aside because we think we see a snake

only afterwards to discover that it is but a

rope. But even though the snake is quite unreal

the rope is there. So the obvious solution to our

riddle is to search out and find the permanent

behind the impermanent .

 

This was Bhagavan's solution and he taught us

how to do it by his method of self-enquiry.

Though the ego changes minute by minute ,

though we are entirely different people through

every stage of our life , there has always

been for us an " I " . Now , this is obviously not

the ego , for we have already seen that the ego

changes every second , while the " I " has been

there all along as the observer.

Let us trace it to its source.

 

And through this method of self-enquiry we shall

eventually realize the Self.

 

 

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A Saddhu's Reminiscenses

of Ramana Maharshi

By Saddhu Arunachala (A.W. Chadwick)

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