Edit Lorry G Halfkenny 4 seconds ago · Excerpted conversation between The Master and Dr. Paul Brunton.........................M. :---There fore, I tell you to pursue this enquiry, Who am I? You ask me to describe this true Self to you. What can be said? It is That out of which the sense of the personal I arises, and into which it shall have to disappear.......P. B. :---Disappear? How can one lose the feeling of ones personality?.......M. :---The first and foremost of all thoughts, the primaeval thought in the mind of every man, is the thought I. It is only after the birth of this thought that any other thoughts can arise at all. It is only after the first personal pronoun I has arisen in the mind, that the second personal pronoun You can make its appearance. If you could mentally follow the I thread until it leads you back to its Source, you would discover that, just as it is the First thought to appear, so is it the Last to disappear. This is a matter which can be experienced.......P. B. :---You mean that it is perfectly possible to conduct such a mental investigation into oneself?.......M. :---Assuredly; It is possible to go inwards until the last thought I gradually vanishes.......P. B. :---What is then left? Will a man then become quite unconscious, or will he become an idiot?.......M. :---Not so: on the contrary, he will attain that consciousness which is immortal and he will become truly wise, when he has awakened to his true Self, which is the real nature of man.......P. B..:---But surely the sense of I must also pertain to that?.......M. :---The sense of I pertains to the person, the body and brain. When a man knows his true Self for the first time, Something else arises from the depths of his being and takes possession of him. That Something is behind the mind; it is Infinite, Divine, Eternal. Some people call it the Kingdom of Heaven, others call it Liberation; You may give IT what name you wish. When this happens a man has not really lost himself; rather he has found himself. Unless and until a man embarks upon this quest of the true Self doubt and uncertainty will follow his footsteps throughout life. The greatest kings and statesmen try to rule others, when in their heart of hearts they know that THEY CANNOT RULE THEMSELVES. Yet the greatest power is at the command of the man who has penetrated to his inmost depth. There are men of giant intellects who spend their lives gathering knowledge about many things. Ask these men if they have solved the mystery of man, if THEY HAVE CONQUERED THEMSELVES, and they will hang their heads in shame. What is the use of knowing about everything else when you do not yet know Who YOU Are? Men avoid this enquiry into the TRUE Self, but what else is there so worthy to be undertaken?.......P. B. :---That is so difficult, a superhuman task..........M. :---The difficulty is less real than you think..............................Self-Realization The Life and Teachings of SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI pgs. 240--242 by B. V. Narasimha Swami 1993 reprint edition Like
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