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Chapter 1: What is the essence of Ramana Maharshi's teachings on perception?
The phenomena we see are curious and surprising, but the most marvelous of all, we do not realize, which is that one and only, illimitable force, responsible for all the phenomena we see and the act of seeing them. Do not fix your attention on all these changing things of life, death and phenomena. Do not think of even the actual act of seeing or perceiving them.
but only of that which sees all these things, that which is responsible for it all. This will seem nearly impossible at first, But by degrees, the result will be felt. It takes years of steady, daily practice. And that is how a master is made. Give a quarter of an hour a day for this practice.
Chapter 2: How can one practice focusing on that which sees?
Try to keep the mind unshakably fixed on that which sees. It is inside yourself. Do not expect to find that that is something definite on which the mind can be fixed easily. it will not be so. Though it takes years to find that, the result of this concentration will be seen in four or five months time. In all sorts of unconscious clairvoyance, in peace of mind, in power to deal with troubles,
Empower all around. Always unconscious power. I have given you this teaching in the same words as the Master gives to intimate students. From now onwards let your whole thought in meditation be not on the act of seeing nor on what you see but immovably on that which sees. Gaze at your own real nature. It is immaterial whether the eyes are open or closed. Everywhere there is only the one.
Meditate on the I that is within you. It is the self.
Chapter 3: What role does ego play in our perception of self and others?
When you attain self-knowledge, there will no longer be any ideas about the world. When you are sitting in a room, whether the windows are open or closed, you are the same person in the same state. In the same way, if you abide in the reality, it is all the same whether the eyes are open or closed. It matters little whether external activities go on or not.
If you let the ego go, you will achieve real self-reliance. Your pride was merely the pride of the ego. So long as you identify yourself with the ego, you will perceive others as individuals too. And then there will be room for pride. Let that drop. And you will drop others' egos too. leaving no more room for pride. So long as there is a sense of separation, one will be afflicted by thoughts.
If the original source is regained and the sense of separation is ended, there will be peace Look at the waters of the ocean. They evaporate, form clouds, which are blown about by winds.
Chapter 4: How does the sense of separation affect our inner peace?
condense into water and fall as rain. The waters roll down the hilltops in streams and rivers until they reach their original source, the ocean, at which point they are at peace. Thus you will see that where there is a sense of separation from the source, there is agitation and movement. Until the sense of separation is lost, So it is with yourself.
Chapter 5: What steps can be taken to regain connection with our true source?
Now you identify yourself with your body and think that you are separate. You must regain your source before this false identification can cease. and you can be happy.
Thank you.
Thank you.