Ribhu Gita (Tamil) Ch 36:
(3)
Except for the Supreme Brahman, which is boundless Being,
ever present Consciousness
Of the nature of a mass of unsurpassed Bliss,
Connectionless, without attachments.
Existing alone by Itself.
There is nothing such as the Body and others, ever.
All is indeed. the undivided Supreme Brahman,
And that Brahman, the subtle is indeed myself.
By such pure conviction (bhava)
of the Absolute, conquer the Mind.
(4)
Except for the Supreme Brahman,
Of the nature of the blemishless, partless, formless,
taintless, peerless, attributeess,
immaculate Self without any false projections,
Which is spread out as thc infinite and the gapless,
There never is anything —
ever.
All that exists is the undivided Supreme Brahman,
And that Brahman. without Duality. is myself.
By such conviction (bhava)
of the Supreme Brahman, the One, conquer the Mind.
(6)
There is not a bit apart
From the magnificent Supreme Brahman,
The holy Supreme Lord, the Supreme Self,
Of a nature that is higher than the highest and completely,
perfectly full,
(If the nature of That
which is Truth-Consciousness-Bliss (Sat-Chit-Ananda),
And the undecaying Brahman is myself indeed.
By such silent conviction (bhava), conquer the Mind.
(13)
'The elements and Nature, their combination
The World and all things are entirely of the nature of
Brahman.
All the perishable worlds are entirely of the nature of
Brahman.
The worlds which are not yet created are entirely of the
nature of Brahman.
What appears as a difference is entirely of the nature of
Brahman.
The myriad galaxies are entirely of the nature of Brahman.
Great Sage ! by the
delusionless conviction (bhava) that
I am that Supreme Brahman,
Conquer the Mind.
Some disciple of Ramana Maharshi quotes:
That which dwells within all this, that through which
Awareness itself becomes aware, that which exists in each thing as its
individual nature, is the true “I” that
shines as pure Consciousness.
The indivisible Reality that dwells within is Consciousness
itself.
The Truth of the Self shines as pure Consciousness
underlying the Mind. The fitting course
is to discern it in the heart through Being–Consciousness & then to
establish it firmly there through deep contemplation, so that the fetters of
worldly bondage – the companions of lustful infatuation – disappear, being
revealed as the false, & Liberation, the mark of the Real, shines forth.
Bitter worldly bondage arises through the degrading error of
mistaking the Self, Being-Consciousness-Bliss, for the insentient body. It can only be removed through the certainty
of the experience of Self-Inquiry that is filled with the divine light of
Consciousness.
Know that the perfectly pure Self will well up as a flood of
deep Peace in the hearts of those who have come to know Reality as it truly is
through Self-Inquiry. What is required
is to perform worship of that Self within a collected Mind, so that the Mind
melts away to the power of the true Love that is free of guile.
Turning to the 0ne purified Consciousness within us, the
Witness, one should gradually bring it to the fore and then become aware of the
perfection of one's True Nature.
Those who focus on the Self that is Consciousness, who have
put away the outward, the imaginations of the Mind & senses, & selfish
Personality, they are freed from the bonds and snares of the World, but not
they who only meditate on what others have seen.
Based on the Teachings of a great Sage:
Duality is the seeming division of non-dual Consciousness
into thinker & thought, or subject & object. The one [thinker & subject] being conscious of the other [thought & object]. Duality is only a figment. When I am conscious of an object, that is, of
a Notion or a Percept, that object
alone is present. When I am conscious of
my perceiving, what alone presents itself to Consciousness is the Notion that
"I perceive the object". Therefore
the notion of my being the Perceiver also constitutes an object of Consciousness. From
this, a most important fact emerges: the so-called subject who thinks, &
its apparent object, have no immediate relation.
That the notions of subject
& object are separate thoughts
may be seen from the following example, drawn from everyday Life. When we are
absorbed in some activity, let us say in reading a book, we experience a steady
flow of thoughts relating to its contents. The notion, "I am reading"
does not occur while we are thus absorbed. It occurs only when our attention wavers.
Even when we are not thus absorbed for any appreciable lapse
of time, the subject who afterwards
lays claim to the action was not present to Consciousness when the action was
taking place. The idea of our being the
agent occurs to us as a separate thought, which is to say that it forms an
entirely fresh object of Consciousness. And since, at the time of the
occurrence, we were present as neither the Thinker, the Agent [actor], the Perceiver, nor the Enjoyer [includes Sufferer], no subsequent claim on
our part could alter the position.
The cause of our claiming that which belongs to the Body is
to be found in the erroneous habit of mis-identification. If the notions of subject & object are both the separate objects of Consciousness, neither term
has any real significance. An object,
in the absence of a subject, cannot
be what is normally called an object. The subject,
in the absence of an object, cannot
be what is normally called the subject.
It is in memory that the 2 Notions seem
to combine to form an entirely new Notion, I am the Perceiver or the Thinker.
Now all Notions are more or less complex. Memory is
therefore an ingredient essential to the Sense of Individuality. Individuality
is the apparent combination of the changeless Self & a changeful Body.
Ignorance is the identification of Body & Self &, as a corollary, the
personification of the impersonal principle of Consciousness.
We remember that alone which has affected us. What affects us is Pleasure & Pain. The Memory of Pleasure & Pain gives rise
to Desire & Aversion. These 2 [Desire
& Aversion] in action become Will. And Will in its widest Sense, makes us
seek what Memory tells us has been found agreeable or necessary to Life &
avoid what has been found disagreeable or hurtful to it.
Some more selected verses from the Ramana Maharshi disciple Master Nome:
Your nature is like pure Space, unmoving even when the
instruments of body, speech, and mind move. Misidentify and you will become
concerned with thinking, speaking, and doing as if they were the
"I". Inquire. Who gets caught
up with these ? The Silence is perpetual. It is your real Being. You are not
the performer of actions. You are not the doer and not the speaker. Again,
"Who actually gets caught up?" Are there 2 of you ? Is there one that is the real Self and one
that gets caught up ? Thus, there are 2
aspects of the inquiry.
The first aspect, which is primary, is to clarify the
distinction between your actual Being, your Self, and the instruments of the
body, speech, and mind. When the body moves, you do not move. When the body is
still, you are not still. When speech is being used, you are not speaking. When
thought is occurring, you are not thinking. You are never the actor, the agent,
or the performer of actions, a speaker, or anything similar. To clarify the
identity in Knowledge is this first aspect The second aspect referred to is to
inquire, "Are there 2 of you, a real Self that is perpetually at Peace in
Silence and another "self" that gets caught up? Whose delusion is
it?" If you inquire like. this, it is ultimate Self-Inquiry.
The one, Absolute, Non-Dual Self alone exists Eternally. The Self neither begins nor ends, neither expands nor reduces, has no phase or condition, & is ever just as it is. The Self alone is present always.
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