Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 "People ask me how to control the mind. I reply: 'Show me the mind.' The mind is no more than the series of thoughts. How can it be controlled by one of those thoughts, namely the desire to control the mind ? It is foolish to seek to end the mind by the mind itself. The only way is to find the mind's Source and keep hold of it. Then the mind will fade away of itself. There are just two ways of controlling the mind. Either seek its Source, or surrender it to be struck down by the Supreme Power." Ramana Mahrashi Continuing now with Sri Ramana's 40 verses on Reality (Verses15-18) 15. Only with reference to the present can the past and the future exist. They too, while current, are the present. To try to determine the nature of the past and the future while ignoring the present is like trying to count without the unit. 16. Apart, from us where is time and where is space? If we are bodies, we are involved in time and space, but are we? We are one and identical now, then, and forever, here, and everywhere. Therefore we, timeless, and spaceless Being, alone are. 17. To those who have not realized the Self, as well as to those who have, the word 'I' refers to the body, but with this difference, that for those who have not realized, the 'I' is confined to the body whereas for those who have realized the Self within the body the 'I' shines as the limitless Self. 18. To those who have not realized (the Self) as well as to those who have the world is real. But to those who have not realized, Truth is adapted to the measure of the world, whereas to those that have, Truth shines as the Formless Perfection, and as the Substratum of the world. This is all the difference between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 1999 Report Share Posted December 9, 1999 Dear Harsha and All, Could you please explain about the Source of the mind in simple way?. In sentences "Seek its Source", there must be the Seeker. What is the seeker? What is Space of Awareness? I may say that i have an understanding of thoughts, but still do not understand about the Source. So please give the answers that can guide me to understand It, although i still use "Mind" as "me" to understand. With Love, Nasir > ---------- > Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar)[sMTP:hluthar] > Friday, December 10, 1999 6:22 AM > ; Advaitin (AT) Onelist (DOT) Com > Ramana's Forty Verses on Reality > > "People ask me how to control the mind. I reply: 'Show me the mind.' The > mind is no more than the series of thoughts. How can it be controlled by > one of those thoughts, namely the desire to control the mind ? It is > foolish to seek to end the mind by the mind itself. The only way is to > find the mind's Source and keep hold of it. Then the mind will fade away > of itself. There are just two ways of controlling the mind. Either seek > its Source, or surrender it to be struck down by the Supreme Power." > > Ramana Mahrashi > > > > Continuing now with Sri Ramana's 40 verses on Reality (Verses15-18) > > 15. Only with reference to the present can the past and the future exist. > They too, while current, are the present. To try to determine the nature > of the past and the future while ignoring the present is like trying to > count without the unit. > > 16. Apart, from us where is time and where is space? If we are bodies, we > are involved in time and space, but are we? We are one and identical now, > then, and forever, here, and everywhere. Therefore we, timeless, and > spaceless Being, alone are. > > 17. To those who have not realized the Self, as well as to those who have, > the word 'I' refers to the body, but with this difference, that for those > who have not realized, the 'I' is confined to the body whereas for those > who have realized the Self within the body the 'I' shines as the limitless > Self. > > 18. To those who have not realized (the Self) as well as to those who have > the world is real. But to those who have not realized, Truth is adapted to > the measure of the world, whereas to those that have, Truth shines as the > Formless Perfection, and as the Substratum of the world. This is all the > difference between them. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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