From ~~~ The Mountain Path, Oct.1969
ENQUIRY AND SADHANA
Tiruvannamalai, South India, on 24-8-1944 at 9 a.m.
M :
You may read whichever book you like.
Self (Atma) is the real book.
You can look into it whenever you like.
Nobody can take it away.
It is always at hand, to be read.
Hold on to your Self in your spare time also,
and then you can read any book.
D :
If doubts, fears and worries harrass me during meditation,
how can they be most effectively removed ?
M:
Ask yourself
" To whom do these doubts, fears and worries occur ? "
— and they will vanish.
Cease to pay attention to them.
Pay attention to the Self within .
Fears etc. can only arise when there are two,
or when anybody else exists apart from,
or separate from or outside of you.
If you turn the mind inward towards the Self,
fears etc. will disappear.
If you try to remove a doubt or fear,
another doubt or fear will arise.
There will be no end to it.
The best method to annihilate them
is to ask " To whom do they occur ? "
and they will disappear.
Destroying a tree by plucking its leaves
one by one is impossible. Other leaves
will grow by the time you pluck a few.
Remove the root of the tree — the ego —
and the whole tree with its leaves and branches
will be destroyed.
Prevention is better than cure.
D :
Should I look for the source within the body ?
M :
The ego arises within the body.
Hence in the first instance you may look
within the body for its source.
When you reach the source
there will be no inside or outside,
because the source or the Self is all - pervading.
After realisation
everything will be inside the Self.
D :
Is the source on the right side
of the middle line of the chest ?
M :
The Heart is defined as the place
from which the ' I ' - thought arises.
Heart means the Centre (of consciousness).
It cannot be identified with
any part of the physical body.
D :
What can I do to increase the receptivity
of the mind to your spiritual vibrations
while sitting in the hall,
and to increase the frequency and duration
of the efforts at enquiry in the hall,
or to ease such efforts ?
M :
Keep the mind quiet.
That is enough.
Sitting in this hall will help you.
The purpose of efforts
is to get rid of all efforts.
The force will be clearly felt
when the stillness is achieved.
Spiritual vibrations exist everywhere.
They will manifest when the mind is stilled.
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