NO FULL STOP OR EVEN A COMMA

[Guest guest]

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.

 

NO FULL STOP OR EVEN A COMMA: Our mind is cluttered and chatters

unceasingly. It runs hither and thither, pulled by the accumulated

strength of thoughts. There is no full stop or even a comma. We don't

even know where the control switch is located. As a result, the entry

or exist of thoughts is not under our control. But we have to remember

that the Thinker is the boss and can always resume his authority over

any thought; it is our life and no one can alter its course except us.

Sri Ramana keeps us reminding that we are sitting on a treasure trove –

a full potential of an uncluttered mind. One is hanging on to even

purposeless thoughts for want of knowledge of the way to make a bonfire

of them. Atam vichar – constant and sincere reflection on the question

Who am I ? can show us the way. We alone have to proceed by our own

efforts. We have to be our own lamppost, as the Buddha has said. –

A.R.Natarajan