Fw: Ramana Maharshi on Brahmacharya

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The following excerpt is taken from a devotee’s diary [perhaps

included in the book “Day by day with Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi” / “Conversations

with Ramana Maharashi”]:

 

One morning I approached Ramana Maharshi with my problem: “How am

I to rise up from my present animal existence? My own efforts in this direction

have proved futile and I am convinced that it is only a superior might that

could transform me. And that is what has brought me here.”

 

Maharshi replied with great compassion, “Yes, you are right. It

is only with the awakening of a power mightier than the senses and the mind

that they are

subdued. If you awaken and nurture the growth of that power within you,

everything else will be conquered.

 

One should keep on the current of meditation uninterrupted. Moderation

in food and other restraints will be helpful in maintaining the inner

poise.”