Happiness is born of Peace and can reign only when there is no disturbance. Disturbance is due to thoughts, which arise in the mind. When the mind is absent, there will be perfect Peace. Even the present is mere imagination, for the sense of time is purely mental. "You and I are the same. What I have done is surely possible for all. You are the Self now and can never be anything else. Throw your worries to the wind, turn within and find Peace." ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi The ultimate truth is so simple; it is nothing more than being in one’s natural,...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Ramana Maharshi's 100 frequently asked question answers
Posted on 11:38 AM by Unknown
52. Question: How to meditate?Bhagavan: Being aware of the Self is the real meditation. When the mind gives up its habit of choosing and deciding, it then turns towards its own real nature. At that time, it gets into the fundamental state. When the ego gets or stays more powerful, entry into this state does not take place.53. Question: What must I do to avoid sleep during my meditation?Bhagavan: Meditators must not work too much, nor should they fill their stomachs with excessive food. The more one fills the stomach, the lower one's mental state...
Monday, July 11, 2011
Jiddu Krishnamurti On Loneliness
Posted on 11:47 AM by Unknown
Question: I am beginning to realize that I am very lonely. What am I to do?Krishnamurti:Let us approach this problem again to see what is actually taking place, to see what you do when you feel lonely. You try to escape from your feeling of loneliness, you try to get on with a book, you follow some leader, or you go to a cinema, or you become socially very, very active, or you go and worship and pray, or you paint, or you write a poem about loneliness. That is what is actually taking place. Becoming aware of loneliness, the pain of it, the extraordinary...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Experience of Sri Ramana Devotee Experiences
Posted on 1:06 PM by Unknown
God is beyond words. No words would ever be able to describe Him. He can only be felt. How? The test is simple. One would feel total peace – an indescribable peace, by being with Him. In His presence, no questions, doubts and thoughts would distract one's mind. Further, the peace secured is beyond words and makes one fulfilled and consumed. In that situation one feels kritkritya – there being no need for any thing more to be achieved in life. About the Godhood of Sri Ramana, those who had the good fortune of being in His presence have expressed...
The Four Gatekeepers to Moksha
Posted on 8:00 AM by Unknown
Rama, there are four gatekeepers at the entrance to the Realm of Freedom (Moksha). They are selfcontrol,spirit of enquiry, contentment and good company.The wise seeker should diligently cultivate the friendship of these, or of at least one of them.VASISTHA continued:With a pure heart and a receptive mind,and without the veil of doubt and the restlessness of the mind, listen to the exposition of the nature and the means of liberation,O Rama. For, not until the Supreme Being is realised will the dreadful miseries of birth and death come to an end....
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Ramana Maharshi Devotee Sri M. S. Madhava Rau Shares His Experiences
Posted on 12:21 PM by Unknown
Sri M. S. Madhava Rau, Mangalore My first visit was in the company of Maurice Frydman from Bangalore. Suddenly one morning, early in 1934, he said that he was going to Tiruvannamalai that night. He asked us if we would like to accompany him. He had been there many times before but never invited us. Nor had we ever thought to ask if we could accompany him. This time, though, the question and our own wishes were beating in unison. At the ashram Maurice introduced us to the Maharshi. He welcomed us with a gracious smile and made enquiries about where...
Ramana Maharshi Devotee Prof. V. B. Athavale Shares His Experiences
Posted on 12:16 PM by Unknown
Prof. V. B. Athavale, M.Sc., F.R.G.S., KirloskarwadiI had the good fortune of meeting Sri Ramana Maharshi in April 1944 and observed for one week his state of supreme consciousness in which worldly knowledge appears insignificant and produces no worries. When Paul Brunton asked, ‘Will the world soon enter a new era of friendliness and mutual help, or will it go down into chaos and war ?’ Maharshi replied, ‘There is one who governs the world. He knows how to look after it. He bears the burden of the world and not you.’ Maharshi’s reactions to my...
Ramana Maharshi Devotee Yogi Shuddhananda Bharati Shares His Experiences
Posted on 11:54 AM by Unknown
November 20th: Krithikai Day. The ashram is busy with the pouring crowds. Bhagavan is sitting outside his cottage. The ashram was then just a cottage of thatched leaves. I was sitting inside. I did not stir from my perch from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Even the call for food did not shake me. My friends had come that day to take me to Pondicherry. I was rather unwilling to leave the presence of this dynamic force. I could not even open my lips for permission. For my mission and its fulfilment were clear before me. I was hanging and swinging between ‘this’...
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