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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
M.: Meditation depends on strength of mind. It must be unceasing, even
when one is engaged in work. Particular time is meant for novices.
D.: Will Sadguru place His hand on my head to assure me of His help?
I will have the consolation that His promise will be fulfilled.
M.: A bond will be the next requisition and a suit will be filed if you
imagine no help forthcoming. (Laughter).
D.: May I come near, Sir? (for blessing).
M.: Such doubts should not arise in you. They contradict your
statement of surrender. Sadguru is always on your head.
D.: Surrender comes after effort.
M.: Yes, it becomes complete in due course.
D.: Is a teacher necessary for instructions?
M.: Yes, if you want to learn anything new. But here you have to unlearn.
D.: Yet a teacher is necessary.
M.: You have already got what you seek elsewhere. So no teacher is
necessary.
D.: Is there any use of the man of Realisation for the seeker?
M.: Yes. He helps you to get rid of your delusion that you are not
realised.
D.: So, tell me how.
M.: The paths are meant only to de-hypnotise the individual.
D.: De-hypnotise me. Tell me what method to follow.
M.: Where are you now? Where should you go?
D.: I know ‘I am’; but I do not know what I am.
M.: Are there two ‘I’s then?
D.: It is begging the question.
M.: Who says this? Is it the one who is, or is it the other who does
not know what he is?
D.: I am, but do not know what or how?
M.: ‘I’ is always there.
D.: Does the ‘I’ undergo any transformation, say in death?
M.: Who witnesses the transformation?
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