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Month: December 2024
Did Ramana contradict himself?
One of Ramana Maharshi’s main ideas is that the mind/ego exists only while it pays attention to objects. This is one of the reasons, he said, why mind/ego gets destroyed by his method of self-attention. He expressed this idea often. For example, in his little textbook, Nan Ar, paragraph 4, he wrote: The mind exists […]
An interesting coincidence Can your own efforts be God's grace?
An interesting coincidence occurred the other day as a result of my writing a comment on this blog. At the time I pointed it out in the comments but I keep remembering that it happened so I’m going to elevate the matter to a full post. I was replying to a comment by Rico Rico. […]
The essence of Ramana’s method Transfer your attention completely from mental activity to yourself
The essence of Ramana Maharshi’s method is to transfer your attention from mental activity to yourself. Stop paying attention to thoughts, emotions, images, sensations, memories, wishes, awareness of awareness, etc. Instead pay attention to yourself. By “yourself” I mean you who experience all those mental activities. You who know them. To make this work you […]