So, neither our supposed selves nor our apparent world has any more intrinsic reality than a reflection in a mirror. This is the fact, but how do we realize it, live it, despite every indication to the contrary? How do we penetrate the veil and experience this bliss promised by the Masters?
We are fortunate. The father of self-enquiry meditation, Sri Ramana Maharshi, has left us specific instructions in his translation of Atma Sakshatkara (''All-Comprehensive Knowledge"). They are not for beginners, but should be preceded by prolonged practice of self-enquiry and discrimination. These practices soften the rigidity of a lifetime of conditioning, pounding the wood into paper and the paper into tissue in preparation for the flame. As we begin to experience their fruits, quiescence and insight, the process of awakening will gain momentum of its own. In time and with diligence and earnestness, the thousand-petaled lotus opens, ready now to bask in the effulgence of these teachings.
Here is the first:
Concentrate the mind neither within, nor without, nor far, nor near, but on pure Transcendence.
We are fortunate. The father of self-enquiry meditation, Sri Ramana Maharshi, has left us specific instructions in his translation of Atma Sakshatkara (''All-Comprehensive Knowledge"). They are not for beginners, but should be preceded by prolonged practice of self-enquiry and discrimination. These practices soften the rigidity of a lifetime of conditioning, pounding the wood into paper and the paper into tissue in preparation for the flame. As we begin to experience their fruits, quiescence and insight, the process of awakening will gain momentum of its own. In time and with diligence and earnestness, the thousand-petaled lotus opens, ready now to bask in the effulgence of these teachings.
Here is the first:
Concentrate the mind neither within, nor without, nor far, nor near, but on pure Transcendence.
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