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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
exists now. What is it that has happened now so that this difference
is experienced? There was no ‘I-thought’ in your sleep, whereas it is
present now. The true ‘I’ is not apparent and the false ‘I’ is parading
itself. This false ‘I’ is the obstacle to your right knowledge. Find
out wherefrom this false ‘I’ arises. Then it will disappear. You will
be only what you are - i.e., absolute Being.
D.: How to do it? I have not succeeded so far.
M.: Search for the source of the ‘I-thought’. That is all that one has to
do. The universe exists on account of the ‘I-thought’. If that ends
there is an end of misery also. The false ‘I’ will end only when its
source is sought.
Dr. Lohara asked for the meaning of one stanza in “Upadesa Sara”.
M.: The one then in sleep is also now awake. There was happiness
in sleep; but misery in wakefulness. There was no ‘I’- thought in
sleep; but it is now, while awake. The state of happiness and of no
‘I-thought’ in sleep is without effort. The aim should be to bring
about that state even now. That requires effort.
Sleep
Effortless
Happiness
No ‘I-thought’
Wakefulness
No happiness
‘I-thought’
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Bring about sleep even in
the waking state and that is
realisation. Effort is directed
to extinguishing the ‘I-thought’
and not for ushering the true
‘I’. For the latter is eternal and
requires no effort on your part.
Talk 223.
Dr. Lohara: Why does the mind not sink into the Heart even while
meditating?
M.: A floating body does not readily sink unless some means are adopted
for making it do so. Breath-control makes the mind quiescent. The
mind must be alert and meditation pursued unremittingly even when
it is at peace. Then it sinks into the heart. Or the floating body might
be loaded with weights and made to sink. So also association with
the wise will make the mind sink into the Heart.