Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 actions.so that you will find that all actions whatever you perform is accurate, perfect, does not give you or others sorrow, you will face any type of difficult situations,you will not get tired, you will not have any worries, you will be ever fresh, you will come to know about things that are going to happen in future, the whole day you will feel energetic.....etc. Ananda <oneness.univ > wrote: I have just started practicing self-enquiry (after returning from Arunachala). I have some questions:1. I understand from some of the mails here that it should not become routine, or a drudgery. Does that mean i should _not _ allocate certain hours for doing it at the exclusion of other activities? I understand that atma-vicara (AV) should be going on all the time, but should we allocate some hours for doing _just_ AV. I have started doing it between 4:30am and 6:30am when it is quiet. And again at night.2. that brings me to the next question. Is it preferable to do AV in a quiet place ? Which again means we may have to schedule it, if we live in a noisy distracting area. I am also planning to go off to a queit place in the country where i can put in a few weeks of AV undisturbed. Does this (intensive periods of AV) sound like a good idea. 3. Does one actually say the words "To whom did this thought come ?" in the mind, or is it an unspoken question?After asking this question, what do we do ... sit absolutely queitly, or try looking around for that "I". I find my eyes rolling around under the lids looking for something visible, even tho i know the "I" wont be some visible entity. In Ramana,Ananda Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 2006 Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 Pranam to all.. Before the self enquiry..mind has to be stilled....in NOW... Who am i ...is fine BUT after one has practiced being with the breath for a long long time..only when one is able to witness the drama of the mind ..like clouds in a sky.. coming and going....THEN and only THEN..one needs to enquire..Who am i..neti..neti.. Self enquiry is not a question/answer game..this way only the mind manufactured blissed state can come.... Can Sh. Ananda share more experiences from Arunachala..could he meet Maa Sharda ? Aum Namah Shivaya anil , B K <bkgswu wrote: > > You can do Atma Vichara at certain hours in a quiet place. Morning hrs. is very good because your mind and brain will be fresh and the practice during morning hours will sustain you throughtout the day. > > The practice should go thoroughtout the day > > To whom did the thought come, so slowly you can stop thinking. > > Stop thinking is not that you get rid of thoughts. You have to get rid of thoughts like Who is thinking or who is doing. It is like you and the action will be there and there will not be any third person ( I, thoughts) to ask who is doing it. > > When there is no third person, you will just keep doing things or sit quiet with an awareness of Self where your consciousness is aware of/ connected to the whole world - Expanded Awareness. > > The practice throughout the day is to be in that awareness even while performing actions.so that you will find that all actions whatever you perform is accurate, perfect, does not give you or others sorrow, you will face any type of difficult situations,you will not get tired, you will not have any worries, you will be ever fresh, you will come to know about things that are going to happen in future, the whole day you will feel energetic..... etc. > > > Ananda <oneness.univ wrote: > I have just started practicing self-enquiry (after returning from Arunachala). I have some questions: > > 1. I understand from some of the mails here that it should not become routine, or a drudgery. Does that mean i should _not _ allocate certain hours for doing it at the exclusion of other activities? > > I understand that atma-vicara (AV) should be going on all the time, but should we allocate some hours for doing _just_ AV. I have started doing it between 4:30am and 6: 30am when it is quiet. And again at night. > > 2. that brings me to the next question. Is it preferable to do AV in a quiet place ? > Which again means we may have to schedule it, if we live in a noisy distracting area. I am also planning to go off to a queit place in the country where i can put in a few weeks of AV undisturbed. Does this (intensive periods of AV) sound like a good idea. > > 3. Does one actually say the words "To whom did this thought come ?" in the mind, or is it an unspoken question? > After asking this question, what do we do ... sit absolutely queitly, or try looking around for that "I". I find my eyes rolling around under the lids looking for something visible, even tho i know the "I" wont be some visible entity. > > In Ramana, > Ananda > > > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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