'Points to ponder' - 'Be Your Self' (Truth-Being-Existence-Consciousness and Bliss)

Muruganar`s words about 'Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi'

Muruganar entered the Old Hall. Prostrating to Sri Bhagavan he noticed that worship had been offered to some books decoratively heaped, garlanded and placed in front of Sri Bhagavan, near the sofa. He realised it was Saraswathi Puja day. As he glanced at the garlanded books and then at the serenely seated Master, his face broke into an amused smile. Noticing this, Bhagavan gestured enquiringly. Muruganar's relationship with Bhagavan was unique. He knew he was in the presence of the Reality clothed in human form, available to all as the spiritual guide.
Containing his amusement with great effort, he said: "Bhagavan! To have offered puja to the sacred books in your presence amuses me. Imagine that a bunch of the best variety of sugar cane was squeezed, crystal sugar of the purest quality made out of the juice and a human form was made with it. Now, picture the superb human form made of this best sugar on the one hand and the sugar-cane-waste on the other! Bhagavan, you are the essence of Truth. These books, however sacred they may be, are just like the sugar-cane-waste. They have offered puja to the juiceless canes while the most beautiful sugar-form, YOU, are seated just here!" Saying this, Muruganar laughed. Bhagavan too had a hearty laugh.

from Moments Remembered by V. Ganesan

Engage yourself in the living present. The future will take care of itself. Do not worry about the future - Ramana Maharshi

"The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it for yourself in yourself" - Ramana Maharshi

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Casting away worries over the past, excitement in the present and anxiety about the future; 'LIVE IN THE PRESENT' - Swaathmaaraaman

'The ego is the root of all diseases'. Give it up - Ramana Maharshi

The mind does not exist apart from the Self, that is, it has no independent existence - Sri Ramana Maharshi

'Aksharamanamalai' - RAMANA MAHARSHI

 Arunachala! the cool moon of grace! My mind is troubled by the intense heat of tapathryam( three troubles arising from "Physical" or Adhi-Bhautika, "Divine" or Adhi-Daivika and "Internal" or Adhyaatmika sources) Kindly place your hands of ambrosial rays and cool my mind. My mind though containing the nectar of immortal life is shut like the ambol (Tamil name) flower. Make it blossom by your grace!
C: This supplication here is also similar to the prayer made in verse 27 praying for the destruction of the ego-knot. In verse 27 the knot of ego was compared to the lotus bud and Arunachala as the Sun which makes it blossom. In this verse the mind is compared to ambol bud and Arunachala to the moon which makes it blossom. It is in the fitness of things that the pot (kalasham) of nectar which had been tightly closed with the sealing by shell lac gets opened only through the ambrosial rays radiated by the one who is himself the embodiment of immortality. Hence Arunachala the moon of grace radiating the nectar of immortality is invited by the poet to open it. Pure consciousness, which is ever present as ‘existence’ in the heart of people itself is the grace manifesting itself as the form of Arunachala Siva. Hence ‘Kathirattam’ meaning radiant hand is used. Same idea is expressed in the benedictory verse of 'Aksharamanamalai' as ‘karunakaram’ and in verse 51 of AMM as ‘arutkai’.

'Solitude is in the mind' - Ramana Maharshi

Solitude is in the mind.

Prayer is not a "spare wheel" that you pull out when in trouble, but it is a "steering wheel" that directs the right path throughout. ~ Swami Chinmayananda

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*WORDS OF WISDOM* - RAMANA MAHARSHI

“What there is, is one state only; you may call it turiya or turiyatita or what you like. The wakeful state (jagrat), the dream state (swapna) and the state of deep sleep (sushupti) — these three states go on changing like the scenes in a cinema. All the three are ideas of the mind. That which is beyond these three, and which is real and permanent, is the Self itself. That is the state called the Fourth, the turiya, state. In common parlance, people talk of the ‘Fourth State ‘and of ‘Beyond the Fourth State’, and so on, but strictly speaking, there is only one state.”
(Bhagavan in 'Letters from Sri Ramanasramam' 156)

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*Words of Wisdom* -Ramana Maharshi

I came to you thinking of feeding on you however I find that I have ended up becoming your food and thus I have become established in absolute peace.
C: The word ‘sappadu’ refers to both food and experience. The word ‘shantam’ refers to the ultimate spiritual attainment. Ego gets totally consumed by 'Arunachala' who is the 'Self 'and becomes an integral part of Him. This cessation of ego is the highest end leading to absolute peace. Hence it is referred to as ‘shantamaipovan’ . The idea is to indicate that the annihilation of the separate identity is the experience of Siva. So long as there is even a tiniest particle of belief of oneself as separate identity remains there cannot be the experience of Divinity or cosmic consciousness. The same idea is expressed in all the texts which prescribe the act of becoming ‘food of God’, ‘the loss of individuality’ or ‘surrender’ (saranagathi or prapathi) as the ultimate instrument for realization. Hence, as Bhagavan has mentioned in the very first verse of 'Aksharamanamalai' the true grace of God is the destruction of the ego. Saint Nammalvar has written a verse which looks like an exact replica of this verse. Death of individuality in fact confers immortality on the devotee as also affirmed by Manickavachagar in Tiruvachakam (When He mingled with me, My alienation from me ended. My kith and kin – Products of puissant Karma -ceased to be. My delusion of the phenomenal world passed away. My word and deed perished). In such a stage all the aspects of one’s existence including the limiting adjuncts of personality along with their roots and seeds get destroyed. (After the cessation of ego, his mind takes the shape of 'sivanandalahari' (blissful waves of Siva consciousness) not even an atom of the vasanas or memory traces remain in His mind. A question may arise as to whether there is any residual personality after self-realization. The answer is that it appears as existing only in the eye of the beholder; it is not real.
In Self-Realization all the aspects of the personality get dissolved in consciousness. This truth is known by all those who have known about Bhagavan’s Self-experience.

Available in plenty for those who seek !!!!!!!!! Seek my grace in the Heart - Ramana Maharshi

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You are Brahman. You are fullness. You exist on all sides - -Ribhu Gita Chapter Two

Nidagha: Revered Ribhu! In this state of affairs, who qualifies for Brahman-hood? Please tell me especially that Knowledge which has come out of the words of Sankara.
2. Ribhu: You, indeed, are Brahman. You, indeed, are the Supreme Guru. You, indeed, are of the nature of space. You are Brahman. There is no doubt of this.

3. You, indeed, are of all manner of being. You, indeed, are the meaning of all this. You are changeless. You are devoid of all. You are the Witness. You are ever without a witness.
4. You are time. You are devoid of all. You are ever without a witness. You are devoid of time. You are time. You are ever Brahman, the mass of Consciousness. You are the nature of all Truth. You are Brahman. Of this there is no doubt.
5. You are the Truth. You are the accomplished. You are the ancient One. You are the liberated; you are Liberation. You are ever immortal. You are God. You are peaceful. You are without afflictions. You are Brahman. You are purnam (the fullness). You exist on all sides.
6. You are equable. You are also the Truth. You are ancient. You are set forth by the word "truth" and these other words. You are devoid of all limbs. You are ever firm. You are Brahman. You are full and perfect. You are the high and the low.
7. You are free from the perplexing misconception of all the phenomenal world. You arise in all the beings that ever are. You are ever without sankalpa. You are Brahman. You are fullness. You exist on all sides.

The pure Self is simple Being~ Ramana Maharshi

'Be your self' (Truth-Being-Existence-Consciousness and Bliss)

*Words of Wisdom* - Ramana Maharshi

A young Mysorean asked:

How did I get this body?

M.: You speak of ‘I’ and the ‘body’. There is the relationship between the two. You are not therefore the body. The question does not occur to the body because it is inert. There is an occasion when you are not aware of the body - namely, in deep sleep. The question does not arise then. Nevertheless you are there in sleep. To whom does the question arise now?

- Talks no 501

*Points to ponder* - Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi no 499

'ALL ARE 'JNANIS' IN BHAGAVAN'S VIEW'

D.: So it amounts to this. To see a 'Jnani' (The knower of Brahman or Pure consciousness) is not to understand him. You see the jnani’s body and not his 'jnanam' (Pure awareness or Brahman). One must therefore be a 'Jnani' to know a 'Jnani'.

M.: The 'Jnani' sees no one as an 'ajnani' (One who knows not what Brahman is). All are only 'jnanis' in his sight. In the ignorant state one superimposes his ignorance on a 'Jnani' and mistakes him for a doer. In the state of 'jnana', the 'Jnani' sees nothing separate from the Self. The Self is all shining and only pure 'jnana'. So there is no 'ajnana' in his sight.

There is an illustration for this kind of allusion or super-imposition. Two friends went to sleep side by side. One of them dreamt that both of them had gone on a long journey and had strange experiences. On waking up he recapitulated them and asked his friend if it was not so. The other one simply ridiculed him saying that it was only his dream and could not affect the other.
So it is with the 'ajnani' who superimposes his illusive ideas on others.

Regarding 'ajnana' in early youth and 'jnana' at the present time, Sri Bhagavan said: There is no 'jnana' as it is commonly understood. The ordinary ideas of 'jnana' and 'ajnana' are only relative and false. They are not real and therefore not abiding. The true state is the non-dual Self (Truth-Being-Existence-Consciousness and Bliss). It is eternal and abides whether one is aware or not. It is like 'kantabharana' (The necklace worn around one's neck) or the tenth man (Oneself).

Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi no 499

*Words of Wisdom*

'Unless the illusory nature of the perception of the world as an objective reality ceases, the vision of the true nature of the Self, on which the illusion is formed, is not obtained'. ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi

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'SELF-INQUIRY' - RAMANA MAHARSHI: Self-Inquiry is the one, infallible means, the only direct one, to realize the unconditioned, absolute Being that you really are.

D. But is it not funny that the ‘I’ should be searching for the ‘I’? Does not the inquiry, ‘Who am I?’ turn out in the end an empty formula? Or, am I put the question to myself endlessly, repeating it like some mantra?
M. Self-Inquiry is certainly not an empty formula; it is more than repetition of any mantra. If the inquiry, “Who am I?” were a mere mental questioning, it would not be of much value. The very purpose of Self-Inquiry is to focus the entire mind at its Source. It is not, therefore, a case of one ‘I’ searching for another ‘I’.

Much less is Self-Inquiry an empty formula, for it involves an intense activity of the entire mind to keep it steadily poised in pure Self-awareness.
  Self-Inquiry is the one, infallible means, the only direct one, to realize the unconditioned, absolute Being that you really are.
-Maharshi's Gospel

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'Mind Watch' by Dr.Gopinathan Maranchery,

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'Points to Ponder' - OSHO