Guest guest Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 ........ D. How shall we discover the nature of the mind i.e., its ultimate cause, or the noumenon of which it is a manifestation? Maharshi: Arranging thoughts in the order of value, the "I"-thought is the all-important thought. Personality-idea or thought is also the root or the stem of all other thoughts, since each idea or thought arises only as someone's thought and is not known to exist independently of th ego. The ego therefore exibits thought activity. The second and the third person do not appear except to the first person. Therefore, they arise only after the first person appears, so all the three persons seem to rise and think together. Trace, then, the ultimate casue of "I" or personality. The "I" idea arises to an embodied ego and should be related to a body or organism. Has it a location in the body or a special relation to any particular spot, just as speech and libido have their centers in the brain? Similarly, does "I" have any center in the brain, blood, or viscera? Thought-life is seen to center around the brain and the spinal cord which in turn are fed by the blood circulating in them, carrying nutrients and oxygen which are transformed into nerve matter. Thus, the vegetative life - including circulation, respiration, alimentation - or the vital force, is said to be (reside in) the core or essence of the organism. Thus the mind may be regarded as a manifestation of the vital force which again may be conceived as residing in the Heart. ===================================== Talks with Ramana Maharshi InnerDirections Publishing, 2000 pp. 19-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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