MYSTERIOUS GUIDING POWER
Methods for Quietening the Mind For the subsidence of mind there is no other means more effective and adequate than Self-enquiry. Even though by other means the mind subsides, that is only apparently so; it will rise again. For
What is Silence? It is only when the subtle mind is externalized through the activity of the intellect and the sense-organs that gross name and form constituting the world appear. When, on the other hand, the mind stays firmly in
Be free from thoughts M.: Be free from thoughts. Do not hold on to anything. They do not hold you. Be yourself. Talk with Ramana Maharshi Talk 472.
Let go the passing thoughts M.: You must exist in order that you may think. You may think these thoughts or other thoughts. The thoughts change but not you. Let go the passing thoughts and hold on to the unchanging
Let the Train carry the Load A passenger in a train keeps his load on the head by his own folly. Let him put it down: he will find the load reaches the destination all the same. Similarly, let us
Let go the passing thoughts and hold on to the Unchanging Self Another pilgrim asked: I am a man with a family. Is it possible for those in a family to get release (from bondage), and if so how? M.:
Let us not pose as Doers A passenger in a train keeps his load on the head by his own folly. Let him put it down: he will find the load reaches the destination all the same. Similarly, let us
What is right and wrong? Three ladies are on a short visit here, Mrs. Hearst from New Zealand, Mrs. Craig and Mrs. Allison from London. One of them asked: D.: If it is a question of doing something one
SELF-SURRENDER Spiritual Stories as told by Sri Ramana Maharshi A Devotee: D.: I fear that Self-realisation is no easy thing to attain. M.: Why impede yourself by anticipating failure? Push on. Self-realisation will come to an earnest seeker in a
Paul Brunton’s Blissful Experience I enter the hall and straight away assume my regular meditation posture. An intense interiorization of consciousness comes with the closing of eyes. The Maharshi’s seated form floats in a vivid manner before my mind’s eye.
Paul Brunton’s Regard for Sri Ramana Maharshi Paul Brunton says: I study him intently and gradually come to see in him the child of a remote past when the discovery of spiritual truth was reckoned of no less value than
Paul Brunton’s Meditation During daily meditation in the potent neighbourhood of the Sage, I have learnt how to carry my thoughts inwards to an ever-deepening point. Again and again, I become conscious that he is drawing my mind into his
