Ramana Maharshi says to stay quiescent without ever forgetting God(Self)

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D: When one enquires into the root of ‘self-conceit’ which is of the form

‘I’, all sorts of different thoughts without number seem to rise; and not

any separate ‘I’ thought.

 

M: It is the rise of egoity that is the cause and source of the rise of all

other thoughts; therefore, if the self-conceit of the form of egoity which

is the root of the illusory tree of samsara (bondage consisting of

transmigration) is destroyed, all other thoughts will perish completely like

an uprooted tree.

 

Whatever thoughts arise as obstacles to one’s sadhana (spiritual

discipline), the mind should not be allowed to go in their direction, but

should be made to rest in one’s Self which is the Atman; one should remain

as witness to whatever happens, adopting the attitude ‘Let whatever strange

things happen, happen; let us see!’ This should be one’s practice. In other

words, one should not identify oneself with appearances; one should never

relinquish one’s Self. This is the proper means for destruction of the mind

(manonasa) which is of the nature of seeing the body as Self, and which is

the cause of all the aforesaid obstacles. This method which easily destroys

egoity deserves to be called devotion (bhakti),meditation (dhyana),

concentration (yoga), and knowledge (jnana). Because God remains of the

nature of the Self,shining as ‘I’ in the Heart, because the scriptures

declare that thought itself is bondage, the best discipline is to stay

quiescent without ever forgetting Him (God, the Self), after resolving in

Him the mind which is of the form of the ‘Ithought’, no matter by what

means. This is the conclusive teaching of the scriptures.

 

Source: Collected Works Part One Book

 

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Om namo Bhagavate Sri Ramanaya

Prasanth Jalasutram