When we start practicing Ramana’s method our goal is to find the source. He says this happens when the mind sinks or subsides. And he says that we make the mind sink by paying continuous, unbroken attention to ourself (or what seems to be ourself). It’s the continuity, the unbrokenness, that makes the sinking happen. […]
Month: January 2026
A technique for stopping the mind from wandering
In many traditions we make an effort to keep our attention fixed on something. In Patanjali’s yoga that something can be anything. In Ramana’s method that something is I, the me that seems to think and have experiences. As we all know, keeping our attention fixed can be very difficult, because attention has an extremely […]