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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Talk 488.
A group of young men asked: “It is said that healthy mind can be only
in a healthy body. Should we not attempt to keep the body always
strong and healthy?”
M.: In that way there will be no end of attention to the health of the
body.
D.: The present experiences are the result of past Karma. If we know
the mistakes committed in the past, we can rectify them.
M.: If one mistake is rectified there yet remains the whole sanchita
which is going to give you innumerable births. So that is not the
procedure. The more you prune a plant, the more vigorously it
grows. The more you rectify your Karma, the more it accumulates.
Find the root of Karma and cut it off.
4th May, 1938
Talk 489.
Another group of visitors was asking the method of Realisation.
In the course of a reply Sri Bhagavan said: “Holding the mind and
investigating it is advised for a beginner. But what is mind after
all? It is a projection of the Self. See for whom it appears and from
where it rises. The ‘I-thought’ will be found to be the root-cause. Go
deeper; the ‘I-thought’ disappears and there is an infinitely expanded
‘I-consciousness’. That is otherwise called Hiranyagarbha. When it
puts on limitations it appears as individuals.”
Talk 490.
The English lady desired to have a private talk with Sri Bhagavan.
She began, “I am returning to England. I leave this place this
evening. I want to have the happiness of Self-Realisation in my
home. Of course it is not easy in the West. But I shall strive for it.
What is the way to do it?”
M.: If Realisation be something outside you a way can be shown
consistent with the safety of the individual, his capacity. etc. Then
the questions if it is realisable and, if so, in what time - will also
arise. But here, Realisation is of the Self. You cannot remain without
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