Guest guest Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 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. ........................ 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) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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