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I wonder, if ultimately, what we are attracted to or repulsed by (even

ideas or spiritual teachings, or our interpretation of those teachings,

etc.), might be reminding us indirectly that we need to in some way become

more accessible to the pull of the Absolute, that magnetic attraction to our

own Center. Only that reminder, that nudge, that thought is enough. Even at

a feeling level, not always amenable to clear expression, it is enough.

Perhaps that is a preface for allowing that powerful force of surrender to

the Divine to come into play.

 

All attempts at understanding are after all with the mind. How far can one

go with that? Far enough, I suppose. But if you go far enough, you will come

to an edge and if by Grace you are pulled into the Heart, that is always

calling, you (along with your attempts to understand) will surely disappear.

The terror of total and complete loss of identity ends in the Knowing that,

Self It Self is the Totality and the Identity, and That is the Clarity and

the Bliss without any support what so ever, and utterly, eternally complete.

That, the ancient sages and scriptures tell us is the Heart, which requires

no support, which has no cause, but which supports all the play of

consciousness as the background. Indeed, all consciousness arises from it,

as the Heart It Self is That.

 

Here Reality is Known and Recognized (through It Self and by It Self) as

always shining in Its Natural Form by Its own Light. This is the Silence

which is immovable, and in perpetual communion with It Self. It is the

Center and the Circumference. Call it God, call it Self, call it No Self,

call it Emptiness, or call it the Void, call it Beyond God and Self and No

Self, or call it something else, or even coin a new term perhaps to suit the

times. What difference can it make at that point? To Know It, is to Be It.

The mind cannot contain it or completely obscure it, as the mind sprouts up

from only That. The essential and diffused “I” nature of the mind, when

looked for, disappears and the Heart as Awareness become apparent. Sages

like Ramana say that, That Is the Truth, that You are the Truth. Know it

with the finality of your Being.

 

Harsha

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At 11:19 AM 9/9/99 , Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:

 

>The mind cannot contain it or completely obscure it, as the mind sprouts up

>from only That. The essential and diffused "I" nature of the mind, when

>looked for, disappears and the Heart as Awareness become apparent. Sages

>like Ramana say that, That Is the Truth, that You are the Truth. Know it

>with the finality of your Being.

 

 

This is beautiful! --Greg