From ~~~ Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi, T.293
M.:
Meditation is sticking to one thought.
That single thought keeps away other thoughts;
distraction of mind is a sign of its weakness.
By constant meditation it gains strength, i.e., to say,
its weakness of fugitive thought
gives place to the enduring background
free from thoughts.
This expanse devoid of thought is the Self.
Mind in purity is the Self.
Sri Bhagavan continued in reply to the former questioner:
Everyone says “I am the body”.
It is the experience of the sage as also of the ignorant.
The ignorant man believes that the Self is confined
to the body only, whereas the wise man believes
that the body cannot remain apart from the Self.
The Self is infinite for him and includes the body also.
Mr. Bose said that he felt peace in His presence
which lasts some time after.
He added: “Why is it not enduring?”
M.:
That Peace is the Real nature.
Contrary ideas are only superimpositions.
This is true bhakti, true yoga, true jnana.
You may say that this peace is acquired by practice.
The wrong notions are given up by practice.
This is all.
Your true nature always persists.
These flashes are only signs
of the ensuing revelation of the Self.
In reply to the first questioner Bhagavan said:
The Heart is the Self.
It is not within or without.
The mind is Its sakti.
After the emergence of the mind,
the universe appears and the body is seen
to be contained in it.
Whereas all these are contained in the Self
and they cannot exist apart from the Self.
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