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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
successful. This does not mean that the will-power is present in the
one and not in the other.
D.: Is it not said in the book Truth Revealed (Ulladu Narpadu) that
the world is a product of the mind?
M.: Yes.
D.: Does it not follow that the mind grown strong brings the world
under control?
M.: The mind in its external activities gives rise to the world. Such
activities fritter away the strength of the mind. Its strength lies in
being confined to itself with the external activities arrested.
D.: There is an idiot who cannot count up to ten. His mind does not
certainly wander as does that of a thinker. Is the former a better
man than the latter?
M.: Who says that he is an idiot? Your mind in its wandering says so.
D.: Is will-power gained by divesting oneself of thoughts?
M.: Rather by confining oneself to a single thought. Ultimately
this will also disappear, leaving Pure Consciousness behind.
Concentration helps one to it.
D.: So then, it is gained by directing the mind and concentrating it.
The personality has nothing to do with it.
M.: Personality is the root-cause of external activities. It must sink
for gaining the highest good.
Talk 424.
In the course of conversation with a learned man who asked about
Purusha and Prakriti, Sri Bhagavan said:
Purusha and Prakriti are only the bifurcation of the one Supreme.
They are surmised because the student has the sense of duality deep
rooted. The same Gita also says that Purushottama lies beyond
Purusha and Prakriti.
D.: What are para-nadi, Sushumna nadi and the Heart?
M.: But Sushumna resolves into the para (Sushumnatu pareleena).
Heart is usually understood to be the muscular organ lying on the
left of the chest. The Modern Psychological Review speaks of the
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