The Best Advice

“The Self is realised not by doing something but by refraining from doing anything; by remaining still and simply being what one really is.” Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharishi.

“You ask what book I should read. The Self is the real book; life, the written pages.

 You can glance anywhere in that book. Nobody will take away that book from you. Whenever you remember, turn towards the Self. This is true book reading. 

Keep your attention introverted. Keep the mind still. That is enough. When the mind becomes still, the power of the Self will be experienced. The aim of all practices is to give up all practices. 

The Self is all pervading. If the mind is in peace then one begins to experience the peace of the Self. Gaze at your own nature. One is everywhere. 

It is all the same whether you keep your eyes open or shut during meditation. Turn within and meditate on the I-ness, your true nature. Be as you are. The whole world is in you, not the other way around. Therein is all truth and happiness. 

Worries do not belong to you. Dive into the silent source of the mind where worries simply cease to exist. Seek the Self and all misery will come to an end.

 Introvert your mind and turn inside out. You will then come to know that a higher power is functioning everywhere. Know that one seer, your Self, and all will be well. 

Just as the sun has never seen darkness, the Self has never seen ignorance. The Self is unknowable, but it can be experienced by direct perception. The state of such experiencing is called Self illumination. 

Whatever is to be in the future is to be understood as impermanent. Learn to understand properly what you are now, what you have now, so that there will be no need of thinking about the future.”

Bhagawan’s advice to Swami Madhavtirtha