4/16/2021 0 Comments Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
If I try to put this clarity into words, as I will do in this article, it is what I knew already, but somehow on that morning I saw it with a fresh clarity.Happiness of Being: The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
![]() Getting into a state of complete stillness prior to falling asleep does sometimes help one experience the Self in deep sleep. However, I havent so far been able to become self-attentive at all in the dream state. I should perhaps just concentrate on being more keenly self-attentive, and leave the rest to Bhagavan. ![]() Ive always thought that when the moment of Enlightenment transpires for anyone that it is instantaneous does not involve time, even though there may have been a Spiritual progression up to that point. It is commonly said that when Ramana laid down watched the death of his self at that point he was instantly Enlightened. Can the ego ever agree to kill itself This question is a sure way to cherish the ego and not to kill it. Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi Series Of AdThat is, please do not allow any discussion about Bhagavans teachings to deteriorate into a series of ad hominem attacks and abuse. If you disagree with any idea expressed by anyone else, you are welcome to explain why you disagree with it, but please do not criticise personally whoever has expressed whatever ideas you disagree with. I still have not had time to read most of the recent comments, but from the few I have read and from emails I have received from several friends deploring the tone of many of them I understand that what I wrote in this comment had little or no effect, because the same behaviour seems to have been continuing. This is very sad, because it shows a lack of respect for Bhagavan and his teachings, and it is inconsiderate, because it deters many serious aspirants from taking part in what could otherwise be useful discussions about his teachings. Heart actually is where one experiences the existence as consciousness. I understood this to mean that that person had implied that the right side of the chest is where one experiences existence as consciousness, so I replied accordingly, but later my friend clarified that what that person was trying to convey was that ullam or heart is not on right or left or nothing to do with the position in the body, but where or what one experiences as consciousness not the body or mental consciousness which many associate this word with. In that case, what is it that carries through the information back to the waking state that one has experienced deep sleep Is the mind present but it is dormant (thereby registering experience and creating memory) In other words, is there anything other than the true I (I-I) in the deep sleep state, in reply to which I wrote. ![]() You say that Sri Ramana Maharshi said that when we are in deep sleep, without dreams, that we have let go of the ego and are still aware of our self existence. How can we know that, when seemingly there is no awareness in that time It leads me to think that if the oneness of the true self, of existencegod itself is nothing, no experience at all, then why would I want to get there While there is suffering in this life with the ego here, there is also pleasure. As I get closer to non-attachment I suffer far less (I witness the suffering), but if I achieve complete non-attachment I will cease to exist in this way. In my form as a human I reach states of freedom and happiness but I am experiencingaware of that. In sleep (and therefore death) am I really experiencing that. A video of this meeting, 2019-04-03 Forum Humanum, Helsinki: Michael James discusses self-investigation as the way to love, is available on my YouTube channel, Sri Ramana Teachings.
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