THE WAY TO KNOW THE REALITY

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THE WAY TO KNOW THE REALITY

 

Although the Real is not so easily recognizable, yet it is certainly

knowable. `How to know it?' It is pure awareness, it dwells in the

Heart, nay, it is the Heart itself. [Not the physical heart but the

spiritual heart, on the right side of the chest.] It is the source

of all thoughts, itself being free from thoughts, and so forth.

Reality is not only consciousness, but also changeless. Thoughts

emanate from it, and like shadows cast on it, obstruct our view of

it. To have an immediate understanding of it we have to part from

all thoughts and remain – thought-free. The vichara, or enquiry, is

the easiest method by which one can attain this objective of jnana,

or knowledge of the absolute reality which is one's own Self.

(Source: Forty Verses on Reality by Ramana Maharshi.)

 

prof laxmi narain (prof_narain)

 

Source and courtesy: Sri Ramana Kendram, Hyderabad

This article was published in Sri Ramana Jyothi,

monthly magazine of the Kendram.