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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
feeding of a somnolent boy, perceptible to the onlooker (but not to
the subject). The driver sleeping on his moving cart is not aware
of the motion of the cart, because his mind is sunk in darkness.
Similarly the sahaja Jnani remains unaware of his bodily activities
because his mind is dead - having been resolved in the ecstasy of
Chit Ananda (Self).
The two words contemplation and samadhi have been used loosely
in the question.
Contemplation is a forced mental process, whereas samadhi lies
beyond effort.
Sleep Kevala Sahaja
(1) mind alive (1) mind alive (1) mind dead
(2) sunk in
oblivion
(2) sunk in light (2) resolved into the Self;
(3) like a bucket with (3) like a river discharged
the rope left lying into the ocean and its
in the water in a
well;
identity lost;
(4) to be drawn out by (4) a river cannot be
the other end of the redirected from the
rope.
ocean.
Talk 188.
The essence of mind is only awareness or consciousness. When the
ego, however, dominates it, it functions as the reasoning, thinking or
sensing faculty. The cosmic mind being not limited by the ego, has
nothing separate from itself and is therefore only aware. This is what
the Bible means by “I am that I AM”.
The ego-ridden mind has its strength sapped and is too weak to resist
the torturing thoughts. The egoless mind is happy in deep, dreamless
sleep. Clearly therefore Bliss and misery are only modes of mind;
but the weak mode is not easily interchangeable with the strong
mode. Activity is weakness and consequently miserable; passivity is
strength and therefore blissful. The dormant strength is not apparent
and therefore not availed of.
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