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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Such association is both mental and physical. The extremely
visible being (of the Guru) pushes the mind inward. He is also in
the heart of the seeker and so he draws the latter’s inward-bent
mind into the Heart.
This question is asked only when the man begins to meditate and finds it
difficult. Let him practise breath-control just a little and the mind will be
purified. It does not now sink into the heart because the latent tendencies
stand as obstacles. They are removed by breath-control or association
with the wise. In fact the mind is always in the Heart. But it is restive
and moves about on account of latent tendencies. When the tendencies
are made ineffective it will be restful and at peace.
By breath-control the mind will be only temporarily quiescent,
because the tendencies are still there. If the mind is transformed into
the Self it will no longer give trouble. That is done by meditation.
Talk 224.
A disciple asked how he could recognise his own natural primal condition.
M.: Absolute freedom from thoughts is the state conducive to such
recognition.
(From the attendant’s notes)
Talk 225.
When Sri Bhagavan and Rangaswami, an attendant, were on the rocks,
Bhagavan noticed someone in the Asramam rocking in a rocking chair,
and remarked to the attendant:
“Siva made over all His own possessions to Vishnu and wandered
away in the forests and wilderness and cemeteries and lived on food
begged by Him. In His view non-possession is higher in the scale of
happiness than possession of things.”
D.: What is that higher happiness?
M.: To be free from anxieties. Possessions create anxieties such as
their safeguarding, their utilisation, etc. Non-possession does not
bring any anxieties in its train. Therefore Siva resigned everything
in favour of Vishnu and He himself went away happy.
Divestment of possessions is the highest happiness.
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