Every moment there is creation, every moment destruction.
There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction.
Both are movement, and that is eternal.
Ramana Maharshi
Seeking the seer, until all the seen disappears, the seer will become subtler and subtler until the absolute seer alone survives.
This process is called the disappearance of the objective world.
D: Why should the objects seen be eliminated? Cannot the Truth be realized even keeping the object as it is?
Ramana: No. Elimination of the seen means elimination of the separate identities of the subject and object.
The object is unreal.
All the seen (including ego) is the object.
Eliminating the unreal, the Reality survives.
When a rope is mistaken for a snake, it is enough to remove the erroneous perception of the snake for the truth to be revealed.
Without such elimination the truth will not dawn.
D: When and how is the disappearance of the objective world to be effected?
Ramana: It is complete when the relative subject, namely the mind, is eliminated.
The mind is the creator of the subject and the object and is the cause of the dualistic idea.
Therefore, it is the cause of the wrong notion of a limited self and the misery consequent on such erroneous idea.
"Where is 'coming' or 'going' or any movement whatever, for the one, all-pervading spirit which you really are?
It is your body that moved or was conveyed from place to place."
The body, which appears as the base of the differences 'inside' and 'outside', is an imagination of the thinking mind.
Heart, the source, is the beginning, the middle and the end of all. Heart, the supreme space, is never a form. It is the light of Truth.
As long as there are impressions of objects in the mind, so long the inquiry "Who am I?" is required. As thoughts arise they should be destroyed then and there in the very place of their origin, through inquiry. If one resorts to contemplation of the Self unintermittently, until the Self is gained, that alone would do. As long as there are enemies within the fortress, they will continue to sally forth; if they are destroyed as they emerge, the fortress will fall into our hands.
He who gives himself up to the Self that is God is the most excellent devotee. Giving one's self up to God means remaining constantly in the Self without giving room for the rise of any thoughts other than that of the Self. Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?
As thoughts arise, destroying them utterly without any residue in the very place of their origin is non-attachment. Just as the pearl-diver ties a stone to his waist, sinks to the bottom of the sea and there takes the pearls, so each one of us should be endowed with non-attachment, dive within oneself and obtain the Self-Pearl.
Wherever there is body there is misery, this is also the direct experience of all people; therefore, one should enquire into one's true nature which is ever bodiless, and one should remain as such. This is the means to gaining that state.
There is no absolute creation, no absolute destruction.
Both are movement, and that is eternal.
Ramana Maharshi
Seeking the seer, until all the seen disappears, the seer will become subtler and subtler until the absolute seer alone survives.
This process is called the disappearance of the objective world.
D: Why should the objects seen be eliminated? Cannot the Truth be realized even keeping the object as it is?
Ramana: No. Elimination of the seen means elimination of the separate identities of the subject and object.
The object is unreal.
All the seen (including ego) is the object.
Eliminating the unreal, the Reality survives.
When a rope is mistaken for a snake, it is enough to remove the erroneous perception of the snake for the truth to be revealed.
Without such elimination the truth will not dawn.
D: When and how is the disappearance of the objective world to be effected?
Ramana: It is complete when the relative subject, namely the mind, is eliminated.
The mind is the creator of the subject and the object and is the cause of the dualistic idea.
Therefore, it is the cause of the wrong notion of a limited self and the misery consequent on such erroneous idea.
"Where is 'coming' or 'going' or any movement whatever, for the one, all-pervading spirit which you really are?
It is your body that moved or was conveyed from place to place."
The body, which appears as the base of the differences 'inside' and 'outside', is an imagination of the thinking mind.
Heart, the source, is the beginning, the middle and the end of all. Heart, the supreme space, is never a form. It is the light of Truth.
As long as there are impressions of objects in the mind, so long the inquiry "Who am I?" is required. As thoughts arise they should be destroyed then and there in the very place of their origin, through inquiry. If one resorts to contemplation of the Self unintermittently, until the Self is gained, that alone would do. As long as there are enemies within the fortress, they will continue to sally forth; if they are destroyed as they emerge, the fortress will fall into our hands.
He who gives himself up to the Self that is God is the most excellent devotee. Giving one's self up to God means remaining constantly in the Self without giving room for the rise of any thoughts other than that of the Self. Whatever burdens are thrown on God, He bears them. Since the supreme power of God makes all things move, why should we, without submitting ourselves to it, constantly worry ourselves with thoughts as to what should be done and how, and what should not be done and how not? We know that the train carries all loads, so after getting on it why should we carry our small luggage on our head to our discomfort, instead of putting it down in the train and feeling at ease?
As thoughts arise, destroying them utterly without any residue in the very place of their origin is non-attachment. Just as the pearl-diver ties a stone to his waist, sinks to the bottom of the sea and there takes the pearls, so each one of us should be endowed with non-attachment, dive within oneself and obtain the Self-Pearl.
Wherever there is body there is misery, this is also the direct experience of all people; therefore, one should enquire into one's true nature which is ever bodiless, and one should remain as such. This is the means to gaining that state.
No comments:
Post a Comment