“Inquiring ‘Who am I that is in bondage?’ and knowing one’s real nature alone is liberation. Always keeping the mind fixed in Self alone is called self-inquiry”
– Ramana Maharshi
Month: October 2013
Ramana Maharshi, on the mind
“The fact is that the mind is only a bundle of thoughts. How can you extinguish it by the thought of doing so or by a desire? Your thoughts and desires are part and parcel of the mind. The mind is simply fattened by new thoughts rising up. Therefore it is foolish to attempt to kill the mind by means of the mind. The only way of doing it is to find its source and hold on to it. The mind will then fade away of its own accord.”
“To ask the mind to kill the mind is like making the thief the policeman. He will go with you and pretend to catch the thief, but nothing will be gained. So you must turn inward and see from where the mind rises and then it will cease to exist.”
– Ramana Maharshi
Adi Da on Suffering
What does comfort have to do with it?
James Wood, on prayer
 “If a prayer is sincere, it won’t take your pain away. It will guide you to a recognition of how you’re causing your pain, and then you’ll stop.”
– James Wood, Gratitude
Svaha 