RAMANA MAHARSHI "TALKS" PART SIX - THE GOAL OF SELF ENQUIRY - audiobook - lomakayu 

Sanskrit pronunciation needs improvement. ...such as a and aa, short and long a sound. In the word saadhana emphasis is placed on the first syllable, it is a long aa sound. And also saadhaka, emphasis is placed on the first syllable.

The quest Who am I is the preparation and the main body of work. The only way to not be ready is to not follow through. Even before the mind gains the ablity to be one pointed, the inquiry will develop it if adhered to as one can do it. Ramana only prescribed activities to prepare if one mistakenly believes, and is unwilling to realize, that one does not need to prepare or earn or do anything for reality to be as it is. The goal is already here. If a man is standing at the finish line at the completion of a race, how much preparation is required at that time to prepare for said race? Inquiry is " The only direct and infallible method to self realization." Notice the infallible part and do not wory. Instead inquire who needs preparation? Then find the source of the one who must prepare Ha Ha Ha!

@@tusk609 EASIER DONE THAN SAID EH.? RAMANA WAS NO DOUBTWAS A SAGE FROM THIS MOUNTAIN IN HIS PAST LIFE,ALSO A DEVOTEE OF THE SHIVA SECT. HIS DHARMA WAS TO PUT A DIFFERENT SPIN ON THE END GAME TEMPLATE FOR REALIZATION. JUST AS SRI RAMAKRISHNA TOOK UP EACH OF THE WORLDS GREAT RELIGIONS AND FOUND SELF REALIZATION IN EACH PATH,A METHOD NEVER ACCOMPLISHED BEFOREYOU RARELY SEE BEINGS IN MONESTARIES OR CONVENTS WHO BECOME JHANA MUKTIS. THIS IS THE WAY THE ABSOLUTE WORKS, BRINGING SPIRITUAL SAVANTS TO EARTH WHO WILL BE MOVING AWAY FROM PREVIOUS METHODS THAT WORKED FOR A TIME,BUT NO LONGER ATTRACTS BEINGS READY TO USE THAT PATH TO ACCOMPLISH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE JOURNEY.

@@richardconner1283 Ramana belonged to no sect, nor was that which we call Ramana a person, a soul or a spirit entity. There is no method. All methods are created by that which one is trying to use the method to transcend. It is actually easier done then said lol. What method is needed to find the gold chain which is already around ones neck? There is no difference between Ramana and oneself other than one's chosen orientation to the truth... A truth which needs nothing to be the truth, and present here and now. This is not a matter of worthiness or earning via merits no more that the rain that falls from the sky is. Worthiness does not determine who becomes wet or when. The grace of the rain is available to all under the rain equally. Just stand in it. There is no method to get wet by the rain. All who lives this as that know the one path every religion points to. If each religion is like a city in a foreign land, those who know the truth as themselves they can see how to get home from any city. Just as you can clearly see how your fingers lead to a hand and your Hand to your arm n your arm to your chest n your chest to your heart. Then stop, be still, fall in love n hold nothing back from this love. If the world pulls you out then simply return home to your beloved and love again. Who can understand this?

Is it the body who needs to realize The Self? Can the body, which is inanimate on its own realize The Self?? Can the limitations of a body impose limitations on The Self? If the body need to be fit for Realization then how do dying people find the peace in their own heart? How did Ramana while being bitten by rats? He has said we are all that so the answer is not unique to Ramana or some divine right unique to him. If the heart is not inside or outside of the body as ramana says, then how could the body interfere? Even the mind can only distract, it can not stop or hinder that which is from being. Preparation is also not needed for the mind. If the mind could realize The Self them maybe, maybe then it needs preparation. But the mind cannot realize The Self. There for its preparation is extraneous in the end. How much preparation is need to turn off a light? How much does a mirror prep before reflection the light n images before it? That's how much prep you need 😁

Meditation is simply contemplation of the heart. When asked how does one contemplate the heart Ramana said "To be as it, (as the heart) is the contemplation of it." Self control is a side effect of right knowledge, otherwise it is destructive. The degree to which one knows themselves, and knows others as themselves is the amount that self control of the highest kind will spontaneously manifest. The length of time one remains as that is the length of time that this "control" will abide. Self control is knowing ones self. Wishing you peace Love And light 🙏🏾

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