Lorry G Halfkenny Just now · from the chapter Who Am I?(NAN YAR?).........................23. IS IT ANY USE READING BOOKS FOR THOSE WHO LONG FOR RELEASE? All the texts say that in order to gain release one should render the mind quiescent; therefore their conclusive teaching is that the mind should be rendered quiescent; once this has been understood there is no need for endless reading. In order to quieten the mind one has only to inquire within oneself what ones Self is; how could this search be done in books? One should know ones Self with ones own eye of wisdom. The Self[INFINITE CONSCIOUSNESS] is within the five sheaths; but books are outside them. Since the Self has to be inquired into by discarding the five sheaths, it is futile to search for it in books. THERE WILL COME A TIME WHEN ONE WILL HAVE TO FORGET ALL THAT ONE HAS LEARNED.......24. WHAT IS HAPPINESS? [excerpt] Happiness is the very nature of the Self; happiness and the Self are not different. There is no happiness in any object of the world. We imagine through our ignorance that we derive happiness from OBJECTS. When the mind goes out, it experiences misery. In Truth, when its desires are fulfilled, it returns to its own place and enjoys the happiness that is the Self. Similarly, in the states of sleep, SAMADHI, and fainting, and when the object desired is obtained or the object disliked is removed, the mind becomes inward-turned, and enjoys pure Self-Happiness.......25. WHAT IS WISDOM-INSIGHT (jnana-drsti)? Remaining quiet is what is called wisdom-insight. To remain quiet is to resolve the mind in the Self.[THE CREATOR] Telepathy, knowing past, present and future happenings and clairvoyance do not constitute wisdom-insight.......26. What is the relation between desirelessness and wisdom? Desirelessness IS wisdom. The two are not different; they are the same. Desirelessness is refraining from driving the mind towards any object. Wisdom means the Appearance of no object. In other words, not seeking what is other than the Self is detachment or desirelessness; nor leaving the Self[THE ALL] is wisdom.......27. What is the difference between inquiry and meditation? Inquiry consists in retaining the mind in the Self[GOD]. Meditation consists in thinking that ones self is BRAHMAN, existence-consciousness-bliss[SAT-CHIT-ANANDA].........................The Spiritual Teaching of RAMANA MAHARSHI pgs. 12--14 Foreword by C. G. Jung 1972 Like
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