“ Success in turning the mind inwards is achieved by practice and dispassion and it succeeds only gradually.” Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi
In spiritual practice, do not expect to obtain quick or dramatic results. The fog of ignorance, doubt and fear is cleared gradually by the light of Grace.
Do not be discouraged; like the fruit ripening on the tree, this Self-knowledge happens in its own time.
Sudden wisdom can be dangerous: before the sword can be used in battle, it must first be tempered by innumerable cycles of heating, hammering, and quenching.
So too, the sadhaka must be prepared for the onset of jnana.
Ignorance is a fiercely burning fire: stillness is needed to cool the mind and heart.
Learning how to dwell in stillness takes practice.
Take the teaching in slowly, bit by bit.
Let it sink in, soak into your being, become truly assimilated with your soul.
Don’t be in a hurry to achieve some goal or transform into something or obtain some object.
Be desireless: continue your practice without any expectation and with total faith that everything is unfolding precisely as required, according to one’s own unique nature.
This is true sadhana; this itself is bliss, is joy, is freedom.
“He who ascends to the sahasrara chakra,the place of enlightenment, through the path called Archis with the help of Amrutha nadi gains immediate liberation.This happens to a loving devotee of well-ripened mind entirely due to divine Grace.” Ramana Gita, Chapter 14.
The nadi of awakening is the Amrutha nadi, leading directly from the Heart to the head.
This nadi remains shut until spiritual maturity is attained; even the faintest trace of doubt or falsehood or pride in the sadhaka will prevent it from opening.
Once the sadhaka’s state of purity is total and complete, Grace opens this nadi and the pulsation of the Self as “I”-“ I” (Aham Sphurana) is experienced in the Heart.The still mind sinks and merges in that cave where the Guru shines.
The Heart-lotus blossoms open and the nectar of bliss fountains upwards to sahasrara.
Now the consciousness flows in a steady stream of effulgence into the divine dimension of Self.
The individual disappears, the Absolute shines forth everywhere.
(pic.Prem Koshy)Perfect wholeness flowers in infinite, blissful peace.
“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the individual self.” Albert Einstein
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