#Self-inquiry

[compassionmattersmost]

Exploring the Origins of Thought: A Synthesis of Jung, Ramana Maharshi, Kabbalah, and Tibetan Buddhism

In our journey to understand the nature of thoughts and the Self, we find ourselves drawing from the wisdom of various traditions—Jungian psychology, Vedanta as taught by Ramana Maharshi, the mystical insights of Kabbalah, and the profound teachings of Tibetan Buddhism. These perspectives, though rooted in different cultural and philosophical backgrounds, converge in fascinating ways, offering a…

[turiyatitta]

The Unutterable Silence of Awakening

Awakening defies articulation. To attempt to describe it is to attempt to capture the wind in your hands. Words fall short, no matter how poetic, for what unfolds in the direct experience of awakening exists beyond language, beyond thought, beyond even the sense of “I.” Many speak of awakening with eloquence, detailing radiant visions or profound realizations. Yet, these narratives, however…

[shinymoonbird]

Hridaya Kuhara Madhye 'Sloka Chanting'

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हृदयकुहर मध्ये केवलं ब्रह्ममात्रम्। ह्यमहमिति साक्षद् आत्मरुपेण भाति॥

हृदि विश मनसास्वं चिन्वता मज्जता वा। पवन चलन रोधाद् आत्मनिष्ठो भव त्वम्॥

hṛdayakuhara madhye kevalaṃ brahmamātram। hyamahamiti sākṣad ātmarupeṇa bhāti॥

hṛdi viśa manasāsvaṃ cinvatā majjatā vā। pavana calana rodhād ātmaniṣṭho bhava tvam॥

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‘Hridaya-Kuhara-Madhye’, In the centre of the Heart cave

In the centre of the cave which is the Heart, the one (non-dual) Brahman alone shines directly in the form of Self as ‘I-I’ (or ‘I am I’ ). Enter the Heart (by the mind) sinking scrutinizing Self, or by the mind sinking along with the breath, and be one who abides in Self.

~  Ulladu Narpadu - Anubandham (Reality in Forty Verses - Supplement), V. 8

Note: One day in 1915 a devotee named Jagadiswara Sastri started to compose a Sanskrit verse beginning with the words. ‘Hridaya-Kuhara-Madhye’, (In the centre of the Heart cave), but finding that he was unable to proceed any further to express in verse form the idea which he had in mind, he implored Sri Bhagavan to complete the verse for him. Sri Bhagavan accordingly completed the verse and wrote underneath ‘Jagadisan’, thereby indicating that the ideas in the verse were those of Jagadiswara Sastri and not His own. Some years later, at the request of some Tamil devotees who did not know Sanskrit, Sri Bhagavan translated this verse into Tamil, and the Tamil version, which is given above, was later added in the Anubandham.

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Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni also included this verse in his Sri Ramana Gita, ch. II, v. 2.

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___________________ The Sanskrit verse is a facsimile of Sri Ramana Maharshi’s handwriting reproduced from the manuscript.

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Eka Sloki of Sri Ramana Maharshi, his most important verse, was mounted during Bhagavan´s lifetime, obviously with his consent, above his ornate marble couch in the New Hall, where the verse is engraved in gold Sanskrit letters on a tablet of polished black marble.

Image credit: https://www.facebook.com/RamanaMaharshi - Post dated 12.06.2020

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[thegodwithinblog]

Your mental health

It becomes an addiction, an obsession, a source for you to seek excuses for your own lack of health. Don't deny this. By denying...

It requires from you full honesty If you struggle with depression, or anxiety, or any negative pattern of thinking. If you sometimes feel unworthy, or less than another, or somehow unable to reach certain goals or dreams for yourself. Ask yourself why this is. But seek the real answer. Don’t blame your genetics fully. Or your childhood fully. Or your surroundings fully. Human beings tend to…

[sheilamurrey]

“The true seeker”

“THE TRUE SEEKER” When a true seeker, after self-observation and self-inquiry, finally comes to the point of full-opening their eyes to the core of …“The true seeker”

[ecowellco]

Dying to live again

We know this, that sacrifice is often needed for personal evolution. So, what does it look like to release old patterns, relationships, and versions of yourself to embrace authentic growth and unabashed self-love?

Something has to go to make room for something else. That reality of sacrifice being realized; the elimination that makes room for evolution. And in truth, it’s okay if this process is sucky, or unbearable, or filled with you wanting to isolate or latch on to the very thing that must die. Shoot, I’m there right now, juggling between sharing the rage and disappointment I feel and going into…

[orgyaxolotl]

How To Be: The Passion for Art and Business

I just can’t focus to study now. I am studying for the National Medical Admission Test, as a review for the upcoming test I shall be taking next year. Guess what, the monkey took over the ship again. Then, Master Pro Crashtinator will be its co-captain. Why? Well I have the urge to write. Had the zest with my fingers to write out. More like an impulse, too. See, this is one of my challenges on…

[pgoodnight]

What is the Soul? - Osho

What is it that you call atman, soul? Is this soul consciousness itself or is it something individual? Really, no matter what we call it, we will miss it. Any conceptualization is going to miss the real – any conceptualization – so whatever has been known as the self, the soul, the atman, is not the real thing. It cannot be. All those who have defined it, have defined it with a condition: that…

[soulcruzerone]

6 reasons why adding self-inquiry to your journaling practice can deepen your self-awareness

Why journal? Journaling is a powerful tool for self-expression, reflection, and personal growth. It provides a safe and private space to explore our innermost thoughts, feelings, and experiences without fear of judgement or criticism. By putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard), we engage in a process of self-discovery and meaning-making that can be deeply transformative. When we journal,…

[gpwalsh]

To learn more about Lisa, GP and OM School and to register for the Light letter go to https://omschool.ca If you would like to support this work of bringing deep healing conversation to the world, please consider supporting us on Patreon ad https://Patreon.com/gpwalsh You can also make a one time donation at Buy Me A Coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gpwalsh To join the private Facebook group go to https://facebook.com/groups/gpwalsh There was a time, and not that long ago, that we were completely at the mercy of our heritage. We adopted the values, morals and assumptions of our parents and the culture in which we all lived. We were fish, at the mercy of the pond. But something has changed. This strange thing called awakening has started to happen. Some of us began to question whether the way things were are the way they have to be. Of course, there have always been people in history who have done that. Some completely transformed culture. Others ended up barbecued on a stake. But never has it happened on such a massive scale as to cause disruption and even chaos, not just in one isolate place, but everywhere. But, while we can look outward at the current turmoil of the world, that is only a reflection of the deeper alchemy at work within our own hearts. The liberation of the world and all the social systems it contains, can only occur following the liberation of individual human souls. Breaking the long chain of ancestral burdens requires deep self examination, in the bright light of wisdom. And at the heart of that wisdom is a simple insight. Your conditioning was your training not your being None of us escaped childhood without enormous parts of our natural brilliance repressed. Our parents did to us what their parents did to them. And their parents did to them and so on and so on and so on back into the primordial soup. What is different now though is that many. many of us are aware of it. We are recognizing conditioning as conditioning. Thus it is not essentially who we are. As far as I am concerned this is the second biggest discovery a human being can make. And it opens the door to the biggest discovery of all... what you essentially are. That recognition of conditioning as conditioning sets in motion a process, a practice, a sadhana. The ancestral burden has infiltrated every aspect of individual life; thought, emotion and sensation and thus has shaped all experience. Integrating this wisdom into your everyday life is the true spiritual path. And that opens the door to a stunning realization. Since the current state of the world is a reflection of the inner state of the human collective i have a power I didn't know I had. My individual, every day embodiment of freedom from conditioning is, simultaneously, the liberation and healing of the entire world Your liberation from ancestral burdens is the liberation of the whole. Do you want to save the world? Well, now you know how. The buck really does stop here. Join myself and host/producer Lisa Berry for the next episode of "The Flow" every Tuesday at 12 noon eastern time. at http://youtube.com/gpwalsh or in the private facebook group https://facebook.com/groups/gpwalsh

[compassionmattersmost]

Into the Mystic: The Wave and the Water – Finding Peace in Aimlessness

In his gentle and profound way, Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that we are already what we seek to become. Like a wave searching for water, we often find ourselves running in circles, seeking stability and peace, when in fact we are already made of the very essence we are searching for. In the previous post, we reflected on the words, “Be still and know that I am God,” and on the teachings that the…

[turiyatitta]

The Catalyst for the Ego’s Demise

The experience often referred to as “ego death” is not the obliteration of the self, but rather the dissolution of its illusions. The ego, a construct woven from the threads of identity, attachment, and fear, functions as a survival mechanism. It clings to roles, titles, and the narrative of separation to sustain its existence. Yet, this clinging obscures the deeper truth of who we are—a…

[shinymoonbird]

🔱  Om Namo Bhagavathe Sri ArunachalaRamanaya   🔱  

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The Paramount Importance of Self Attention, by Sri Sadhu Om, As recorded by Michael James

Part Five - Mountain Path: April – June 2013 - Excerpt

Note of 6th January 1978

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Swami Natanananda: What is meditation? Who can meditate? Can the body meditate? Can self meditate? Meditation is just a means of feeding the non-existent 'I'. The true sādhanā is to be vigilant, at all times, against the rising of this 'I'.

One way to prevent the rising of 'I' is to try to behave [inwardly as well as outwardly] in every situation as you think Bhagavan would behave. If you practise this, there will be less and less of 'I' and more and more of Bhagavan, until finally you will be swallowed by him.

Whenever peace is disturbed, it is due to the rising of 'I'. Peace cannot be enjoyed while 'I' is active. Therefore the only means to hold on to peace is to be self-vigilant, thus guarding against the intrusion of disturbing thoughts. Self-attention is not an activity, but a calm state of being vigilant, keenly watching 'I' and thereby preventing the intrusion of mental activity.

Meditation, which is a mental activity, is unreal, so it can never reveal what is real. Non-meditation, which is avoiding mental activity, alone can reveal the realίty. In the first mangalam verse of Ulladυ Narpadu Bhagavan says:

[...] Since the reality ['I am'] exists without thought in the heart, how to meditate upon that reality, which is called 'heart'? Being in the heart as it is [that is, as 'I am'] is alone meditating [correctly upon the reality].

Since thought is paying attention to second or third persons, the only effective means to avoid thought is self-attention. The rising of 'I' is attention to second and third persons, so attention to the first person alone can make 'I' subside.

The reason why Bhagavan emphasises that the appearance of the world is dependent upon the delusion 'I am this body' is to kindle vairāgya [desirelessness] by making us understand that 'I am the body' is the root of all misery, and that it must therefore be eradicated.

Cutting the branches or even the trunk of the tree of delusion is futile, because its root, 'I am the body', must be destroyed. It is destroyed only by self-attention. This is why Bhagavan says in verse twenty six of Ulladu Narpadu:

If the ego, which is the embryo [or root], comes into existence, everything comes into existence. If the ego does not exist, everything does not exist. The ego itself is everything. Therefore, know that investigating 'what is this [ego]?' is alone giving up everything.

We must fly on the two wings of viveka [discrimination] and vairāgya [desirelessness].

Sadhu Om: We all have a clear knowledge of our own existence, 'I am'. If we give importance only to that, and try to remain as it, that is self-attention, guarding against the rising of 'I', avoiding attention to second and third persons, and vigilance against the intrusion of thoughts.

In everything we do there is 'am'-ness: I am walking, I am thinking, and so on. If we attend to this 'am'-ness and try to abide as it that is sufficient. There is no need to be concerned about thoughts: let them come or go. Thoughts are only thoughts because we attend to them. If we ignore them, they do not exist. Our sense of 'am'-ness [asmi-tva] signifies our self-awareness or mere being. Mere being is the final goal. That is why Natananandar was saying that one day we will laugh at our present efforts.

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[thegodwithinblog]

Is it so...??

Do not let your mind remain proud and vainglorious in this. Do not just say to yourself, "Oh I'm not...

If someone disturbs you, annoys you, or is constantly making you uncomfortable, then stop and ask yourself why is bothering you so much. How is it really affecting my daily living?? How is it really hurting me?? Is it really interrupting my life and my activities?? Or is it just my ego attaching itself to what somebody else does?? Am I being overdramatic?? Judge yourself and find out the real…

[know-the-self]

[lasttrueheroine]

it’s self titled season yet again